Gary Siegel

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $34 billion of four-week bills at a 0.155% high yield, a price of 99.987944.

NEW YORK – “Service sector activity pulled back in August,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released today, “After three months of nearly flat sales, overall retail revenues declined, led by a sharp drop in big-ticket sales. Depressed shopper traffic added to the slump in retail activity. Merchants reduced inventories as they predicted weak demand for their products in the coming six months. Revenues at non-retail services firms also dropped in August, following five months of mild expansion. Services providers softened their outlook regarding demand for their services in the six months ahead.”

The Treasury Department Monday sold $7 billion of inflation-indexed 29-year, six-month bonds at a 1.768% yield, an adjusted price of 109.086149, with a 2 1/8% coupon.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for July improved to zero, its historical average, from a June reading of negative 0.70, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday. The headline index for June was revised upward from an initial reading of negative 0.63.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Monday sold $7 billion of inflation-indexed 29-year six-month bonds at a 1.768% yield, an adjusted price of 109.086149, with a 2 1/8% coupon.

NEW YORK - Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were flat, as the three-months incurred a 0.155% high rate, unchanged from 0.155% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.185% high rate, unchanged from 0.185% the week before.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $35 billion 21-day cash management bills on Wednesday, August 25.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 56-day cash management bills on Wednesday, August 25.

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

NEW YORK - The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for July improved to zero, its historical average, from a revised negative 0.70 reading in June, originally reported as negative 0.63.

The U.S. labor market recorded 2.3% fewer mass layoff actions in July, with the number of mass terminations falling to 1,609 events on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

NEW YORK - Employers took 1,609 mass layoff actions in July that resulted in 143,703 lost jobs, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

NEW YORK – Demand for petroleum increased 3.8% in July, compared to a year ago, even as demand for gasoline slowed, according to the American Petroleum Institute.

The Philadelphia region's manufacturing sector weakened in August as the general business conditions index tumbled to negative 7.7 from positive 5.1 in July, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

The composite index of leading economic indicators grew 0.1% in July, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

Expansion is the most likely possibility going forward, despite the softening economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard said Thursday.

NEW YORK – Although the macroeconomic outlook is softer, expansion is the most likely possibility going forward, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Thursday.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on Tuesday, August 24.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $7 billion 29-year six-month inflation-indexed notes on Monday, Aug. 23.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $37 billion two-year notes on Tuesday, August 24 and $36 billion five-year notes on Wednesday, August 25.