Gary Siegel

The Treasury Department sold $11 billion of inflation-indexed 9-year 10-month TIPs at a 0.078% yield, an adjusted price of 105.582684, with a 5/8% coupon.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $35 billion two-year notes on Tuesday, Sept. 27, and $35 billion five-year notes on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $29 billion seven-year notes on Thursday, Sept. 29.

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

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators grew 0.3% in August, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

Existing home sales increased 7.7% in August to a seasonally adjusted 5.03 million-unit rate, after an unrevised 4.67 million unit rate in July, the National Association of Realtors announced Wednesday.

The Federal Open Market Committee said it will extend the average maturity of its holdings of securities, buying $400 billion of Treasuries by the end of June with six to 30 years remaining to maturity and selling an equal amount of maturities three years and shorter, according to an announcement after the FOMC meeting.

The Federal Open Market Committee said it will extend the average maturity of its holdings of securities, buying by the end of June $400 billion of Treasuries with six to 30 years remaining to maturity and selling an equal amount of maturities three years and shorter, according to an announcement after the FOMC meeting.

Existing home sales increased 7.7% in August to a seasonally adjusted 5.03 million-unit rate, after an unrevised 4.67 million unit rate in July, the National Association of Realtors announced Wednesday.

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

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $25 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.090% high yield and a price of 99.909000.

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

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $25 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.090% high yield, a price of 99.909000.

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

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.010% high rate, unchanged from 0.010% the previous week, and the six-months incurred a 0.030% high rate, down from 0.050% .

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes remained quite low as the National Association of Home Builders’ housing market index, a monthly gauge of builder sentiment, slipped to 14 in September from 15 in August.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.010% high rate, unchanged from 0.010% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.030% high rate, down from 0.050% the week before.

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

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes remained quite low as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index - a monthly gauge of builder sentiment – slipped to 14 in September from 15 in August.

The University of Michigan’s preliminary September consumer sentiment index reading was 57.8, following the final August 55.7, the preliminary August 54.9, and the final July 63.7, according to market sources.