Gary Siegel

NEW YORK – Mortgage loan application volume fell 14.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended November 12, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association weekly mortgage applications survey, released Wednesday, as the cost of mortgages rose.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $23 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.280% high yield and a price of 99.716889.

Chain store sales fell 0.1% in the week ended Nov. 13, but were up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot released Tuesday.

Builder confidence in the market for new single-family homes lifted slightly in November as the National Association of Home Builders’ housing market index inched up to 16 from 15.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $25 billion of four-week bills at a 0.125% high yield, a price of 99.990278.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $23 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.280% high yield, a price of 99.716889.

NEW YORK - Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes rose slightly, as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index - a monthly gauge of builder sentiment – climbed to 16 in November from a downwardly revised 15 in October.

NEW YORK – Retail sales rose 2.7% in the second week of November and month-to-date figures also were 2.7% better than last year, according to the weekly retail sales report released by Johnson Redbook Tuesday.

NEW YORK – Chain store sales were down 0.1% in the week ended Nov. 13, but rose 3.4% year-over-year, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot released Tuesday:

Manufacturing conditions eroded faster than economists predicted in November in the New York region, according to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

NEW YORK - Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher, as the three-months incurred a 0.135% high rate, up from 0.125% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.180% high rate, up from 0.160% the week before.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 56-day cash management bills on Wednesday, November 17.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Tuesday it will sell $25 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

NEW YORK - The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed “conditions deteriorated in November for New York State manufacturers,” the Federal Reserve Bank of New York today reported, as the general business conditions index fell into negative territory for the first time in more than a year, dropping to negative 11.14 in the month from 15.73 in October, the Fed reported.

Federal Reserve governor Daniel Tarullo said Friday that the foreclosure process offers no “good outcome” for any party and urged lenders to offer modifications to borrowers.

Consumer sentiment rose to 69.3 in the first of two readings for November by the University of Michigan, up from a final October level of 67.7, market sources said.

NEW YORK - The University of Michigan's preliminary November consumer sentiment index reading was 69.3, compared to the final October 67.7, the preliminary October 67.9, and the final September 68.2, according to market sources.

NEW YORK – The foreclosure process offers no “good outcome” for any party, Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo's said Friday, in urging lenders to offer modifications to borrowers.

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $16 billion of 30-year bonds with a 4 1/4% coupon at a 4.320% high yield and a price of 98.829162.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $16 billion of 30-year bonds with a 4 1/4% coupon at a 4.320% high yield, a price of 98.829162.