Gary Siegel

NEW YORK - Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.035% high rate, down from 0.050% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.100% high rate, off from 0.105% the week before.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $28 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The University of Michigan’s preliminary June consumer sentiment index reading was 71.8, compared to the final May 74.3, the preliminary May 72.4, and the final April 69.8, according to market sources.

The composite index of leading economic indicators grew 0.8% in May, the Conference Board reported Friday.

NEW YORK - The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators grew 0.8% in May, the Conference Board reported Friday.

NEW YORK - The University of Michigan's preliminary June consumer sentiment index reading was 71.8, compared to the final May 74.3 reading, preliminary May 72.4 reading, and the final April 69.8, according to market sources.

The Philadelphia region's manufacturing sector contracted in June, as the general business conditions index slumped down to negative 7.7 from positive 3.9 in May, according to this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $7 billion 29-year 8-month inflation-indexed notes on Thursday, June 23.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $27 billion 91-day bills and $24 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

NEW YORK – The region's manufacturing sector contracted in June, as the general business conditions index slumped to negative 7.7 from positive 3.9 in May, this month’s Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

Builders' confidence in the market for new single-family homes dropped, as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index — a monthly gauge of builder sentiment — fell to 13 in June from 16 in May.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "conditions for New York manufacturers deteriorated in June," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Wednesday, as the general business conditions index slipped to negative 7.79 in the month from positive 11.88 in May.

NEW YORK - Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes dropped, as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index - a monthly gauge of builder sentiment – fell to 13 in June from 16 in May.

NEW YORK - The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed “conditions for New York manufacturers deteriorated in June,” the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Wednesday, as the general business conditions index slipped to negative 7.79 in the month from positive 11.88 in May, the Fed reported.

NEW YORK – The federal budget deficit needs to be slashed, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Tuesday.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $28 billion of four-week bills at a 0.015% high yield, a price of 99.998833.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $28 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 0.050% high rate, up from 0.045% the previous week, while the six-months were unchanged at a 0.105% high rate.

NEW YORK - Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.050% high rate, up from 0.045% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.105% high rate, unchanged from 0.105% the week before.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $28 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.