Gary Siegel

Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, “continued to expand in January.”

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December rose to 0.27 from a downwardly revised 0.21 in November.

The Jan. 29-30 Federal Open Market Committee may provide information that could strengthen the bond market, if it offers further signals of an expected pause in rate hikes and a softening of its stance on balance sheet normalization, observers say.

Stacey M. Tevlin, an associate director of the Federal Reserve Board’s Division of Research and Statistics, will be promoted to director effective Feb. 4, the Fed announced Friday.

Respondents to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly manufacturing survey reported slower growth in January, while expectations grew.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was off 0.1% in December following an unrevised 0.2% rise in November, the Conference Board said Thursday.

Service sector “continued to grow modestly in January,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Wednesday.

Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region “was soft in January,” according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index climbed to negative 2 from negative 8.

The University of Michigan's preliminary January consumer sentiment index reading was 90.7, compared to the final December 98.3 and the preliminary December 97.5, according to market sources.

Industrial production grew 0.3% in December, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.