Gary Siegel

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $34 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

NEW YORK - Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, was flat in August, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released today.

The University of Michigan’s final August consumer sentiment index reading was revised downward to 68.9 from a preliminary 69.6 and a final July mark of 67.8, according to market sources.

Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the central bank realizes further monetary policy accommodation could be needed in the future and is prepared to take “unconventional measures” in response to the deteriorating economic outlook.

NEW YORK – The Federal Reserve Board realizes that further monetary policy accommodation could be needed in the future and the Fed is prepared to take “unconventional measures” if needed because the economic outlook deteriorated “significantly,” Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Friday.

NEW YORK - The University of Michigan's final August consumer sentiment index reading was 68.9, compared to the preliminary August 69.6 reading, the final July 67.8, the preliminary July 66.5, and the final June 76.0, according to market sources.

The Chicago Fed Midwest manufacturing index gained 2.2% in July to a seasonally adjusted level of 81.4, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Thursday.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s region slowed in August, and producers were somewhat less optimistic than in previous months. Price indexes in the survey were mostly unchanged, according to the bank’s monthly manufacturing survey released on Thursday.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department auctioned $29 billion of seven-year notes, with a 1 7/8% coupon, a 1.989% high yield, a price of 99.258493.

NEW YORK - The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index gained 2.2% in July to a seasonally adjusted level of 81.4 after the June report showed a revised 0.2% decrease to 79.6, originally reported as a 0.5% slide to 79.4, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported today.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $30 billion 91-day bills and $30 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

NEW YORK - Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s region “slowed in August, and producers were somewhat less optimistic than in previous months. Price indexes in the survey were mostly unchanged,” according to the bank’s monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

Mortgage loan applications rose 4.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended August 20 as refinancing activity increased in response to historically low mortgage rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department auctioned $36 billion of five-year notes, with a 1 1/4% coupon, a 1.374% high yield, a price of 99.402797.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today sold $35 billion 21-day cash management bills, dated Aug. 26, due Sept. 16, at a 0.170% high tender rate.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today sold $25 billion 56-day cash management bills, dated Aug. 26, due Oct. 21, at a 0.140% high tender rate.

NEW YORK – Mortgage loan applications rose 4.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended August 20, and grew 4.5% on an unadjusted basis, as refinancings increased as mortgage rates fell, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday.

Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region advanced for the seventh straight month in August, albeit at a more moderate pace, according to a monthly business activity survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $37 billion of two-year notes with a 3/8% coupon at a 0.498% yield, a price of 99.755524.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $25 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.260% high yield, a price of 99.737111.