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 composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.1% in October following an upwardly revised 0.6% gain in September.
November 21 -
The region's services sector expanded at a faster pace, as the general business conditions index grew to 43.3 in November from 37.6 in October.
November 20 -
Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes fell as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index dropped to 60 in November from 68 in October.
November 19 -
Respondents to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly manufacturing survey reported faster growth in November, with prices mixed.
November 16 -
Industrial production grew 0.1% in October, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.
November 16 -
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said the Fed needs to rely on data since rates are now in the “vicinity” of neutral.
November 16 -
New York service sector activity “expanded modestly” in November, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Business Leaders Survey, released Friday.
November 16 -
The Federal Reserve announced it will review monetary policy strategies, tools, and communication practices next year.
November 15 -
Monetary policy is near a neutral level, one that neither stimulates nor restricts economic growth, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic, who noted that caution should be used going forward.
November 15 -
Business inventories were up 0.3% to $1.967 trillion in September, while sales were 0.4% higher at $1.468 trillion, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
November 15 -
Initial jobless claims rose 2,000 to 216,000 in the week ended November 10, the Labor Department said Thursday.
November 15 -
Manufacturers report expansion at a slower rate in November.
November 15 -
Prices paid remained elevated, employment levels rose and business activity expanded faster in November, according to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey.
November 15 -
The federal government ran a $100.5 billion deficit in October.
November 13 -
Consumers’ inflation expectations held, but respondents expect income and spending to rise.
November 13 -
Small business optimism slipped a bit in October, as the National Federation of Independent Business' Small Business Optimism index dipped to a reading of 107.4.
November 13 -
The University of Michigan's preliminary November consumer sentiment index reading was 98.3.
November 9 -
Republican gains in the Senate may alter the fate of at least one of President Trump’s nominees for the Federal Reserve.
November 7 -
California voters were rejecting an $8.877 billion water infrastructure and watershed conservation bond, but a majority of the $76 billion sought should pass.
November 7 -
Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $12.227 billion in October.
November 6
