Gary Siegel

The University of Michigan’s final December consumer sentiment index reading was 72.8 compared to the final December 72.5, the preliminary December 73.4, and the final November 67.4, according to market sources.

Industrial production in the nation was up 0.6% in December while capacity utilization rose to 72.0%, according to data released Friday by the Federal Reserve Board.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed “conditions for New York manufacturers improved for the sixth consecutive month in January,” the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Friday reported.

NEW YORK - The University of Michigan's final December consumer sentiment index reading was 72.8, compared to the final December 72.5, the preliminary December 73.4, and the final November 67.4, according to market sources.

NEW YORK — Industrial production in the nation was up 0.6% in December while capacity utilization rose to 72.0%, according to data released by the Federal Reserve Board today.

NEW YORK - The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed “conditions for New York manufacturers improved for the sixth consecutive month in January," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York today reported, as the general business conditions index surged to 15.92 in the month from a revised 4.50 in December, the Fed reported.

NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia yesterday released benchmark revisions for its Business Outlook Survey.

NEW YORK — The European Central Bank yesterday announced its Governing Council held interest rates unchanged at its latest monetary policy meeting.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $13 billion of 29-year 10-month bonds with a 4 3/8% coupon at a 4.640% high yield, a price of 95.731167.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said today it will auction $23 billion 91-day bills and $25 billion 182-day discount bills Tuesday.

NEW YORK – The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia today released its annual benchmark revisions for its Business Outlook Survey, highlighted by a rise to 22.5 for the December index, from the 20.4 previously announced.

NEW YORK - The European Central Bank today announced its Governing Council held interest rates at current levels at its latest monetary policy meeting this morning.

The recession is over and the recovery has begun, “but there is much work to be done,” Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Charles Evans said yesterday.

While economic activity remains low, modest improvements have been reported, and those improvements are broader geographically than seen in the previous “beige book,” according to the latest one that was released by the Federal Reserve yesterday.

NEW YORK – While economic activity remains low, modest improvements have been reported, and those improvements are broader geographically than seen in the prior report, according to the Beige Book, which was released today.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department auctioned $21 billion of 9-year 10-month notes with a 3 3/8% coupon at a 3.754% high yield, a price of 96.900805.

NEW YORK – The recession is over and the recovery has begun, “but there is much work to be done,” Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles L. Evans said today.

The Federal Reserve yesterday announced the results of its term auction facility, selling $38.531 billion of 28-day credits at a 0.250% stop-out rate. The bid-to-cover ratio was 0.51.

The Treasury Department yesterday auctioned $40 billion of three-year notes with a 1 3/8% coupon at a 1.490% yield, a price of 99.663820.

The Federal Reserve Board yesterday said its banks “provided for payments of approximately $46.1 billion of their estimated 2009 net income of $52.1 billion to the U.S. Treasury.”