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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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 -
NEW YORK – The Treasury Department sold $10 billion of inflation-indexed 9-year 10-month TIPs at a 1.019% yield, an adjusted price of 102.109188, with a 1 1/4% coupon.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $33 billion three-year notes on Tuesday, Sept. 7.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 11-month notes on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 29-year, 10-month notes on Thursday, Sept. 9.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $30 billion 91-day bills and $30 billion 182-day discount bills Tuesday.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
NEW YORK — U.S. factory orders grew 0.1% in July, as aircraft orders propelled durable goods orders skyward, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
NEW YORK - Pending home sales grew 5.2% to a reading of 79.4 in July from a revised 2.8% decrease to 75.5 in June, originally reported as a 2.6% decrease to 75.7, according to an index released today by the National Association of Realtors.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
NEW YORK – It is not possible to prevent all crises, since some risk-taking is needed to achieve sustained growth and stability, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Thursday.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
NEW YORK - The European Central Bank announced its Governing Council held interest rates at current levels at its latest monetary policy meeting Thursday.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 2 -
Mortgage applications rose 2.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis and 2.3% on an unadjusted basis, in the week ending Aug. 27, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 1