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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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 -
Since future rate decisions will be based on data, the next move by the Federal Reserve will be up if inflation gains momentum, and down if activity softens too much or inflation cools further.
April 15 -
Business activity “grew modestly in New York State,” while the outlook fell to its lowest level in three years.
April 15 -
Small business owners are optimistic about economic growth and don’t expect a recession anytime soon.
April 9 -
Consumers’ inflation expectations ticked up for the three-year horizon, according to the March Survey of Consumer Expectations.
April 8 -
The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) slipped to 110.98 in March.
April 8 -
Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.155 billion in March to a total of $301.140 billion.
April 4 -
The economy looks fundamentally sound, leading Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker to question the importance of a yield curve inversion.
April 4 -
While it is possible that the Federal Reserve’s hiking cycle is complete, but the more likely scenario is rates will go “a bit higher,” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Thursday.
April 4 -
With the Federal Reserve finished raising interest rates, some yield curve inversions would signal a coming recession, according to Brian Rehling of Wells Fargo Investment Institute.
April 3 -
The Federal Reserve should return to its pre-crisis corridor operating system, with a smaller balance sheet, former Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said.
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