Gary Siegel is a journalist with more than 35 years of experience. He started his professional career at the Long Island Journal newspapers based in Long Beach, N.Y., working his way up from reporter to Assistant Managing Editor. Siegel also worked for Prentice-Hall in Paramus, N.J., covering human resources issues. Siegel has been at The Bond Buyer since 1989, currently covering economic indicators and the Federal Reserve system.
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NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 57-day cash management bills on Wednesday, September 15.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 13 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 13 -
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.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 8 -
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.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 8 -
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.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 8 -
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.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 8 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $35 billion of four-week bills at a 0.090% high yield, a price of 99.993000.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 8 -
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%.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 8 -
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.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 7 -
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.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 7 -
The Conference Board’s employment trends index slid to 96.7 in August from an upwardly revised 97.4 in July, and is 9.8% higher than the same month in 2009, the group said Tuesday. July ETI originally was reported at 97.0.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 7 -
NEW YORK – 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 this afternoon.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 7 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $33 billion of three-year notes with a 3/4% coupon at a 0.790% yield, a price of 99.881642.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 7 -
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 0.135% high rate, down from 0.145% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.180% high rate, up from 0.190% the week before.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 7 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 56-day cash management bills on Wednesday, September 8.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 7 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Tuesday it will sell $35 billion of four-week discount bills Wednesday.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 7 -
NEW YORK – The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index (ETI) slid to 96.7 in August from a revised 97.4 in July, originally reported as 97.0, and is up 9.8% from a year ago, the group announced today.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 7 -
Pending home sales in July grew 5.2% to a reading of 79.4 from a revised 2.8% decrease in June, according to an index released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
U.S. factory orders grew 0.1% in July due to more aircraft orders, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Thursday it is impossible to prevent all crises, since some risk-taking
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2