Gary Siegel

Chain store sales were up 0.1% in the final week of October and 2.0% in the month, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot released Tuesday.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $25 billion of four-week bills at a 0.125% high yield, a price of 99.989528.

About 4,409,800 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in October, up 113,700 from September, the Conference Board reported Monday.

U.S. manufacturing activity unexpectedly accelerated in October, rising to 56.9 from 54.4 in the Institute for Supply Management factory gauge released Monday.

NEW YORK – The Treasury Department said it will borrow $362 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, assuming a $300 billion cash balance on December 31.

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 0.125% high rate, down from 0.130% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.155% high rate, down from 0.170% the week before.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $10 billion 9-year, 8-month inflation-protected notes on Thursday, November 4.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 56-day cash management bills on Wednesday, November 3.

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

NEW YORK – About 4,409,800 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in October, up 113,700 from September, The Conference Board reported today.

NEW YORK - The overall economy grew for the eighteenth straight time after seven months of contraction, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the fifteenth time after eighteenth months of contraction, the Institute for Supply Management reported this morning.

New York City business activity improved at the fastest pace in four months in October, the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business current business conditions index indicated.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Business Barometer rose to 60.6 in October from 60.4 in September, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.

Consumer sentiment continued to wane in October, slipping to 67.7 in the month’s final reading from a preliminary reading of 67.9, according to data Friday from the University of Michigan.

NEW YORK – The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Index climbed to 56 in October from 50 in September, according to the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

NEW YORK - The University of Michigan's final October consumer sentiment index reading was 67.7, compared to the preliminary October 67.9, the final September 68.2, the preliminary September 66.6, and the final August 68.9, according to market sources.

NEW YORK - The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Business Barometer rose to 60.6 in October from 60.4 in September, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.

NEW YORK – New York City business activity improved at the fastest pace in four months, the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business current business conditions index indicated.

The Treasury Department auctioned $29 billion of seven-year notes, with a 1 7/8% coupon, a 1.970% high yield, and a price of 99.381826.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s region continued to expand moderately in October and producers were increasingly optimistic about future activity, the bank reported Thursday.