Gary Siegel

The Federal Reserve said yesterday it will set a 0.25% minimum bid on its $25 billion, 70-day Term Auction Facility.

About 3,280,000 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in October, an 83,200 decrease from September’s 3,363,200, the Conference Board reported yesterday.

The overall economy grew for the sixth straight time after seven months of contraction, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the third time after 18 months of contraction, according to a report issued yesterday by the Institute for Supply Management.

Pending home sales increased 6.1% to a reading of 110.1 in September from a 6.4% rise to 103.8 in August, according to an index released yesterday by the National Association of Realtors.

NEW YORK – The Treasury Department said it plans to borrow $276 billion in the fourth calendar quarter of 2009 and end the year with an $85 billion cash balance, including $15 billion for its supplemental financial program.

NEW YORK - Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.060% high rate, down from 0.075% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.170% high rate, down from 0.185% the week before.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will sell $28 billion of four-week discount bills tomorrow.

NEW YORK – About 3,280,000 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in October, an 83,200 decrease from September's 3,363,200, The Conference Board reported today.

NEW YORK - The overall economy grew for the sixth straight time after seven months of contraction, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the third time after eighteenth months of contraction, the Institute for Supply Management reported this morning.

NEW YORK - Pending home sales increased 6.1% to a reading of 110.1 in September from an unrevised 6.4% rise to 103.8 in August, according to an index released today by the National Association of Realtors.

NEW YORK – The Federal Reserve announced today it will set a 0.25% minimum bid on its $25 billion 70-day Term Auction Facility credit selling today.

The University of Michigan's final October consumer sentiment index reading was 70.6 compared to the preliminary October 69.4, and the final September 73.5, according to market sources.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer rose to 54.2 in October from 46.1 in September, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.

New York City business activity "is emerging," as the Institute for Supply Management-New York's Report on Business current business conditions index expanded for three straight months, the group reported Friday.

NEW YORK – The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Index decreased to 50 in October from an unrevised 58 in September, according to the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

NEW YORK - The University of Michigan's final October consumer sentiment index reading was 70.6, compared to the preliminary October 69.4, the final September 73.5, the preliminary September reading of 70.2, and the final August 65.7, according to market sources.

NEW YORK - The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Business Barometer rose to 54.2 in October from 46.1 in September, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said today.

NEW YORK – New York City business activity “is emerging,” as the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business current business conditions index has shown expansion for three straight months, the group reported this morning.

The Treasury Department yesterday auctioned $31 billion of seven-year notes, with a 3 1/8% coupon, a 3.141% high yield, and a price of 99.899963.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s region “moderated somewhat in October, but producers were more optimistic about future activity,” according to the bank’s monthly manufacturing survey, released yesterday.