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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NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $32 billion three-year notes on Tuesday, Jan. 11.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 6 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $29 billion 91-day bills and $28 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 6 -
U.S. planned layoffs fell to 32,004 in December and total layoffs for 2010 dropped to a four-year low, outplacement consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas said Wednesday. The December tally is the lowest monthly level since June 2000, when 17,241 layoffs were announced.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 5 -
Online hiring activity fell by 9,400 jobs postings in December to about 4.448 million, according to data released Wednesday from a survey of leading Internet job boards by the Conference Board.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 5 -
Mortgage-loan application volume rose 2.3% the week ended Dec. 31 as refinancings rose, the Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey said Wednesday.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 5 -
Private-sector employment rose by 297,000 jobs in December due to a surge of services sector hiring, according to the ADP National Employment Report.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 5 -
The U.S. services sector expanded more rapidly than economists expected in December as new orders picked up, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 5 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Wednesday sold $25 billion 56-day cash management bills, dated January 6, due March 3, at a 0.140% high tender rate.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 5 -
NEW YORK – The U.S. services sector expanded in December as new orders picked up, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 5 -
NEW YORK – About 4,447,800 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in December, down 9,400 from November, The Conference Board reported today.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 5 -
Retail sales grew 3.5% in the week ended Jan. 1, and chain store sales increased 0.4%. Retail sales rose 4.6% the previous week, according to the Johnson Redbook index. Chain store sales were up 3.6% from the same period a year ago, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 4 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $25 billion of four-week bills at a 0.120% high yield, a price of 99.990667.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 4 -
Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.150% high rate, down from 0.180% the pevious week, and the six-months incurred a 0.190% high rate, off from 0.225%.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 3 -
The overall economy grew for the 20th straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the 17th time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 3 -
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 0.150% high rate, down from 0.180% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.190% high rate, off from 0.225% the week before.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 3 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 56-day cash management bills on Wednesday, January 5.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 3 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $25 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 3 -
NEW YORK - The overall economy grew for the twentieth straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the seventeenth time, the Institute for Supply Management reported this morning.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 3 -
NEW YORK – New York City business activity improved at the fastest pace in seven months, the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business current business conditions index indicated.
By Gary SiegelDecember 31 -
The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Index climbed to 62 in December from 59 in November, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee announced Thursday.
By Gary SiegelDecember 30