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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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 -
The U.S. services sector expanded at a faster pace in February as the non-manufacturing index climbed to 59.7.
By Gary SiegelMarch 5 -
With signs of economic weakness toward the end of 2018 and a rise in downside risks, the Federal Open Market Committee can wait “several meetings” before changing rates, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said Tuesday.
By Gary SiegelMarch 5 -
The composite of the Leading Economic Index was revised to an unchanged level in January.
By Gary SiegelMarch 4 -
New York economic conditions slipped in February, with current conditions falling to their lowest level since June.
By Gary SiegelMarch 4 -
The University of Michigan's final February consumer sentiment index reading was 93.8.
By Gary SiegelMarch 1 -
The overall economy grew for the 118th straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Friday.
By Gary SiegelMarch 1 -
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell again professed patience on monetary policy Thursday night.
By Gary SiegelMarch 1 -
Respondents to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly manufacturing survey reported slower growth in February, while expectations slipped.
By Gary SiegelFebruary 28




















