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 Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 55.4 in April, unchanged from March, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the group said yesterday.
By Gary SiegelMay 5 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today sold $25 billion 56-day cash management bills, dated May 6, due July 1, at a 0.150% high tender rate.
By Gary SiegelMay 5 -
NEW YORK - The Institute for Supply Management's non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 55.4 in April, unchanged from 55.4 in March, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the group said today.
By Gary SiegelMay 5 -
NEW YORK – The Treasury Department will sell $78.0 billion to raise $47.1 billion with its quarterly refunding, Treasury announced today.
By Gary SiegelMay 5 -
The Treasury Department yesterday auctioned $26 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.420% high yield and a price of 99.557333.
By Gary SiegelMay 4 -
Pending home sales rose 5.3% to a reading of 102.9 in March from a revised 8.3% increase to 97.7 in February, originally reported as an 8.2% gain to 97.6, according to an index released yesterday by the National Association of Realtors.
By Gary SiegelMay 4 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $26 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.420% high yield, a price of 99.557333.
By Gary SiegelMay 4 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $23 billion of four-week bills at a 0.150% high yield, a price of 99.988333.
By Gary SiegelMay 4 -
NEW YORK - Pending home sales rose 5.3% to a reading of 102.9 in March from a revised 8.3% increase to 97.7 in February, originally reported as an 8.2% gain to 97.6, according to an index released today by the National Association of Realtors.
By Gary SiegelMay 4 -
About 4,150,000 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in April, a 222,700 increase from March’s 3,927,300, the Conference Board announced yesterday.
By Gary SiegelMay 3 -
The overall U.S. economy grew for the 12th straight time following seven months of contraction, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the ninth time in the wake of 18 months of contraction, the Institute for Supply Management reported yesterday.
By Gary SiegelMay 3 -
NEW YORK – While banks kept lending standards unchanged in the first quarter, demand weakened further, according to the April 2010 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices, released by the Fed this afternoon.,
By Gary SiegelMay 3 -
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 0.165% high rate, up from 0.150% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.245% high rate, up from 0.240% the week before.
By Gary SiegelMay 3 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 56-day cash management bills on Wednesday, May 5.
By Gary SiegelMay 3 -
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will sell $23 billion of four-week discount bills tomorrow.
By Gary SiegelMay 3 -
NEW YORK – About 4,150,000 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in April, a 222,700 increase from March's 3,927,300, The Conference Board reported today.
By Gary SiegelMay 3 -
NEW YORK - The overall economy grew for the twelfth straight time after seven months of contraction, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the ninth time after eighteenth months of contraction, the Institute for Supply Management reported this morning.
By Gary SiegelMay 3 -
The Treasury Department yesterday auctioned $32 billion of seven-year notes, with a 3.125% coupon, a 3.210% high yield, a price of 99.470887. The bid-to-cover ratio was 2.82.
By Gary SiegelApril 29 -
Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s region “continued at a solid pace, and producers remained moderately optimistic about the future,” according to the bank’s manufacturing survey, released yesterday.
By Gary SiegelApril 29 -
The Chicago Fed national activity index for March improved to negative 0.07 from a revised negative 0.44 reading in February, originally reported as negative 0.64.
By Gary SiegelApril 29