Gary Siegel

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.

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.,

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.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 56-day cash management bills on Wednesday, May 5.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will sell $23 billion of four-week discount bills tomorrow.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department auctioned $32 billion of seven-year notes, with a 3.125% coupon, a 3.210% high yield, a price of 99.470887.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $26 billion year bills on Tuesday, May 4

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said today it will auction $24 billion 91-day bills and $25 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

NEW YORK - 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 monthly manufacturing survey, released today.

NEW YORK - 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.

The Treasury Department yesterday auctioned $42 billion of five-year notes, with a 2 1/2% coupon, a 2.540% high yield, and a price of 99.813289.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department auctioned $42 billion of five-year notes, with a 2 1/2% coupon, a 2.540% high yield, a price of 99.813289.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today sold $25 billion 56-day cash management bills, dated April 29, due June 24, at a 0.155% high tender rate.

The Chicago Fed Midwest manufacturing index jumped 1.3% in March to a seasonally adjusted level of 84.1 after the February report showed a revised 0.1% decrease to 83.1, originally reported as a 0.8% drop to 82.6, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported yesterday.

Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region expanded for the third month in a row, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.