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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Climate change will cause growing losses to infrastructure and property and slow economic growth, making it “relevant” to Federal Reserve policymakers.
By Gary SiegelMarch 25 -
Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, “continued to expand in March,” but at a slower pace than in February.
By Gary SiegelMarch 25 -
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for February fell to negative 0.29 from an upwardly revised negative 0.25 in January.
By Gary SiegelMarch 25 -
The federal government ran a $234.0 billion deficit in February, the Treasury Department reported Friday.
By Gary SiegelMarch 22 -
The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.2% in February following a revised unchanged level in January, the Conference Board said Thursday.
By Gary SiegelMarch 21 -
Manufacturers report activity “improved” in March.
By Gary SiegelMarch 21 -
In the primary, Academy Securities priced the Calif. Veterans Affairs deal for retail investors on Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettMarch 20 -
Municipal bond market participants will be waiting for the Fed's decision on rates and the look ahead.
By Chip BarnettMarch 19 -
Although the Federal Reserve has made clear it will hold interest rates for the time being, the panel still has much to discuss, including the end of balance sheet normalization and the Fed’s review of how it formulates, conducts, and communicates monetary policy.
By Gary SiegelMarch 18 -
Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes was steady but affordability issues still vex the market.
By Gary SiegelMarch 18 -
New York service sector activity “grew modestly” in March, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Business Leaders Survey, released Monday.
By Gary SiegelMarch 18 -
Business activity “grew only slightly in New York State,” according to the March Empire State Manufacturing Survey.
By Gary SiegelMarch 15 -
Duane McAllister, managing director and senior portfolio manager at Baird Advisors, explains why the Fed would like to raise rates at least one more time and what it learned in 2018. Gary Siegel hosts.
By Gary SiegelMarch 14 -
Consumers’ inflation expectations fell, according to the February Survey of Consumer Expectations, released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday.
By Gary SiegelMarch 11 -
The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) climbed to 111.15 in February from a downwardly revised 109.34 in January.
By Gary SiegelMarch 11 -
Consumer credit increased by $17.0 billion in January to $4.035 trillion.
By Gary SiegelMarch 7 -
Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.197 billion in February.
By Gary SiegelMarch 6 -
Slower economic growth shouldn’t be a concern since it’s the “new normal,” according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams, who said Wednesday this allows the Fed to be patient and data dependent on rate changes.
By Gary SiegelMarch 6 -
Private-sector employment increased by 183,000 in February, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Wednesday.
By Gary SiegelMarch 6 -
The federal government ran an $8.7 billion surplus in January, the Treasury Department reported Tuesday.
By Gary SiegelMarch 5




















