Gary Siegel

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.587 billion in September to a total of $200.153 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Thursday.

The Treasury Department Thursday sold $10 billion 5-day cash management bills, dated Oct. 12, due Oct. 17, at a zero high tender rate.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $32 billion three-year notes on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $29 billion 91-day bills and $27 billion 182-day discount bills Tuesday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 10-month notes on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 29-year, 10-month notes on Thursday, Oct. 13.

The European Central Bank announced its Governing Council held interest rates at its latest monetary policy meeting Thursday.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slower pace in September as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index came in at 53.0, down a bit from 53.3 in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $10 billion 5-day cash management bills on Thursday, October 6.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slower pace in September as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 53.0 in the month, compared to 53.3 in August, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

Contracts were partly to blame for the housing bubble, and lawyers will have to be involved in cleaning the mess, Federal Reserve Board governor Sarah Bloom Raskin told law professionals in Maryland Tuesday.

Revised government economic data show the recession was deeper than initially thought and the recovery has been weaker than estimated, Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben S. Bernanke told the Joint Economic Committee Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a zero high yield, a price of par.

Contracts were partly to blame for the housing bubble, and lawyers will have to be involved in cleaning the mess, Federal Reserve Board Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin told law professionals in Maryland Tuesday.

Revised government economic data show the recession was deeper than thought and the recovery has been weaker than estimated, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told the Joint Economic Committee Tuesday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.020% high rate, unchanged from 0.020% the previous week, and the six-months incurred a 0.060% high rate, up from 0.035%.

The overall economy grew for the twenty-eighth straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the twenty-sixth time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.020% high rate, unchanged from 0.020% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.060% high rate, up from 0.035% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

About 3,947,100 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in September, down 43,500 from August, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.