Gary Siegel

Pending home sales dropped 2.2% to an index reading of 99.0 in December, after a revised 0.9% decline to 101.2 in November.

Private-sector employment increased by 213,000 in January, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Wednesday.

Texas service sector activity “grew at a faster pace in January,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index climbed to 14.9, from 10.1.

The consumer confidence index decreased to 120.2 in December from a downwardly revised 126.6 last month.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities slowed in November for an eighth consecutive month, extending the longest streak since 2014, as affordability issues remain.

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.

With growth slowing and uncertainty in the economy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Friday, data will steer his view of future Fed activity.

Manufacturers report expansion at a faster pace in January, and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business respondents said price indexes continued trending lower.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes grew as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index rebounded to 58 in January from 56 in December.

New York service sector activity “held steady” in January, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Business Leaders Survey, released Wednesday.

With inflation remaining low, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Tuesday, the data do not support any more rate hikes.