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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Service sector “activity softened in October,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey.
October 23 -
Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region “expanded moderately in October,” while prices accelerated.
October 23 -
The region's services sector expanded at a steady pace, as the general business conditions index grew to 37.6 in October from 37.4 in September,
October 23 -
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for September declined to 0.17 from an upwardly revised 0.27 in August.
October 22 -
The Federal Open Market Committee should raise rates two, maybe three times to reach a neutral policy rate, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said Friday.
October 19 -
With uncertainty about the tools used to measure the economy, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles said Thursday, it is important to map out a monetary policy strategy and stick to it.
October 18 -
The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.5% in September following a 0.4% gain in August, the Conference Board said Thursday.
October 18 -
A modernized version of the Taylor rule suggests keeping the fed funds rate target near current levels through 2021, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Thursday.
October 18 -
Manufacturers report expansion at a slightly slower rate in October, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business respondents reported price indexes were “lower than their readings for most of this year.”
October 18 -
Labor market “activity declined and momentum remained high in September.”
October 17 -
Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes climbed in October.
October 16 -
Industrial production grew 0.3% in September, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday.
October 16 -
New York service sector activity “grew modestly” in October.
October 16 -
The federal government ran a $119.1 billion surplus in September, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.
October 15 -
A flattening yield curve increases the risk of a recession, and research by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco suggests a one-in-three chance the yield curve inverts by yearend.
October 15 -
Selling prices remained elevated, while business activity expanded at a faster pace in October.
October 15 -
The University of Michigan's preliminary October consumer sentiment index reading was 99.0, compared to the final September 100.1.
October 12 -
With upside and downside risks balanced, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George said Thursday, gradual rate hikes remain appropriate.
October 11 -
Consumers’ inflation expectations held, but respondents’ optimism about wages surged.
October 9 -
The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) slid to 110.77 in September from an upwardly revised 111.18 in August.
October 9
