Gary Siegel

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today sold $25 billion 57-day cash management bills, dated Sept. 16, due Nov. 12, at a 0.145% high tender rate.

NEW YORK - The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed “conditions held relatively steady in New York's manufacturing sector in September,” the Federal Reserve Bank of New York today reported, as the general business conditions index declined to 4.14 in the month from 7.10 in August, the Fed reported.

NEW YORK – Mortgage applications dropped 8.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended September 10, while plunging 27.4% on an unadjusted basis, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey, released Wednesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.100% high and a price of 99.992222. The coupon equivalent was 0.101%. The bid-to-cover ratio was 3.91.

Weekly chain store sales climbed 0.8% in the week ending Sept. 11, while year-over-year sales were up 2.6%, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot released Tuesday.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.100% high yield, a price of 99.992222.

NEW YORK – Weekly retail sales rose 2.9% in the second week of September, after a 3.0% gain in the first week, the Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index showed.

NEW YORK – Weekly chain store sales climbed 0.8% in the week ending September 11, while year-over-year sales were up 2.6%, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot released Tuesday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher Monday, as the three-months incurred a 0.140% high rate, up from 0.135% the previous week, and the six-months incurred a 0.190% high rate, up from 0.180%.

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 0.140% high rate, up from 0.135% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.190% high rate, up from 0.180% the week before.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 57-day cash management bills on Wednesday, September 15.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $21 billion of nine-year, 11-month notes with a 2 5/8% coupon at a 2.670% high yield and a price of 99.607796. The bid-to-cover was 3.21.

Mortgage loan applications fell for the first time in six weeks in the week ending Sept. 3 as rising interest rates prompted refinancing activity to moderate, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly mortgage applications.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department auctioned $21 billion of 9-year 11-month notes with a 2 5/8% coupon at a 2.670% high yield, a price of 99.607796.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today sold $25 billion 56-day cash management bills, dated Sept. 9, due Nov. 4, at a 0.120% high tender rate.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $35 billion of four-week bills at a 0.090% high yield, a price of 99.993000.

NEW YORK – Mortgage loan application volume fell 1.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ending September 3, and slid 1.9% unadjusted, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey, as refinancing volume fell 3.1%.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $33 billion of three-year notes with a 3/4% coupon at a 0.790% yield and a price of 99.881642.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $716 million in August to a total of $186.765 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Tuesday.