Gary Siegel is a journalist with more than 35 years of experience. He started his professional career at the Long Island Journal newspapers based in Long Beach, N.Y., working his way up from reporter to Assistant Managing Editor. Siegel also worked for Prentice-Hall in Paramus, N.J., covering human resources issues. Siegel has been at The Bond Buyer since 1989, currently covering economic indicators and the Federal Reserve system.
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While futures signaled traders' expectations, analysts said conditions aren't ripe for the Federal Reserve to ease credit.
May 13 -
Atlanta Fed President Rafael Bostic said he would do "whatever it takes" should tariffs cause consumers to cut back spending.
May 10 -
The April producer price index grew less than expected, suggesting inflationary pressure will remain weak.
May 9 -
The debate over the success of quantitative easing continues, even as the threat of recession slips.
May 8 -
President Trump’s tariff threats may trigger a flight to quality to the benefit of the municipal bond market.
May 7 -
Change is always difficult, and the Federal Reserve’s attempt to find a better monetary policy framework is no exception.
May 6 -
The April employment report topped estimates for jobs created, while the jobless rate fell to a 49-year low; wage increases missed projections.
May 3 -
Federal Chair Jerome Powell doused market hopes for a rate cut, but it was not the result of a shift in Fed policy.
May 2 -
The Fed Chair said the FOMC is “comfortable with our current policy stance,” which he termed “appropriate.”
May 1 -
The last day of the month brings a host of economic indicators, which showed much good news for housing and labor, strong consumer confidence, but mostly softer manufacturing conditions.
April 30 -
Inflation took a step back, according to the Federal Reserve’s favorite indicator, while income edged up in March, ahead of this week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, suggesting the Fed will be able to remain patient on rates.
April 29 -
Andrew Dassori, CIO of Wavelength Capital Management, discusses why it’s getting harder to predict the economy; yield curve inversion; mixed economic signals and headwinds; and how new ideas from the upcoming conference on monetary policy could help transform the Fed. Gary Siegel hosts.
April 25 -
Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region was weaker than in March, while “service sector activity was robust in April.”
April 23 -
The region's services sector “continued to expand” at nearly the same pace as the previous month.
April 23 -
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for March narrowed to negative 0.15 from a downwardly revised negative 0.31 in February.
April 22 -
The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.4% in March following a revised 0.1% rise in February, the Conference Board said Thursday.
April 18 -
Manufacturers report activity has “continued to grow” in April.
April 18 -
The National Association of Home Builders' housing market index rose to 63 in April from 62 in March.
April 16 -
New York service sector activity “continued to grow modestly” in April.
April 16 -
Members of the Federal Open Market Committee appear to have raised their inflation target from about 1.5% in 2000 to 2% after the Great Recession.
April 15
