Gary Siegel

The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Business Barometer rose to 61.5 in January from 58.7 in December, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.

NEW YORK - The University of Michigan's final January consumer sentiment index reading was 74.4, compared to the preliminary January 72.8, the final December 72.5, and the final November 67.4, according to market sources.

NEW YORK - The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Business Barometer rose to 61.5 in January from 58.7 in December, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said today.

NEW YORK – New York City business activity expanded again in January, its sixth straight month of expansion, the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business current business conditions index indicated.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s region “strengthened in January, with production returning nearly back to year-ago levels,” according to the bank’s monthly manufacturing survey released yesterday.

The Chicago Fed national activity index for December slipped to negative 0.61, down from a revised negative 0.39 reading in November.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department auctioned $32 billion of seven-year notes, with a 3 1/8% coupon, a 3.126% high yield, a price of 99.987385.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said today it will auction $23 billion 91-day bills and $26 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

NEW YORK - Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s region “strengthened in January, with production returning nearly back to year-ago levels,” according to the bank’s monthly manufacturing survey, released today.

NEW YORK - The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December slipped to negative 0.61 from a revised negative 0.39 reading in November, originally reported as negative 0.32.

The Chicago Fed Midwest manufacturing index dipped 0.3% in December to a seasonally adjusted level of 84.1, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported yesterday

The Federal Open Market Committee announced it did not change rates at its two-day meeting, which ended yesterday, and maintained that conditions “are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period.”

NEW YORK – The Federal Open Market Committee announced it did not change rates at its two-day meeting, which ended today, and maintained that conditions “are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period.”

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department auctioned $42 billion of five-year notes, with a 2 1/4% coupon, a 2.370% high yield, a price of 99.437540.

NEW YORK - The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index dipped 0.3% in December to a seasonally adjusted level of 84.1 after the November report showed a revised 1.0% increase to 84.4, originally reported as a 1.2% rise to 84.2, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported today.

NEW YORK - The Institute for Supply Management today revised the seasonal adjustment on its indexes, changing the December manufacturing report index to 54.9 from the originally reported 55.9.

The Treasury Department yesterday auctioned $44 billion of two-year notes with a 7/8% coupon at a 0.880% yield, a price of 99.990112.

“The overall service sector weakened in January, damped by softness at services providers,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey released yesterday.

“Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region contracted at a less pronounced rate in January,” according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

The consumer confidence index climbed to 55.9 in January from an upwardly revised 53.6 last month, the Conference Board reported yesterday.