Gary Siegel

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.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said today it will auction $29 billion 91-day bills and $30 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

NEW YORK - 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 today.

The Treasury Department yesterday auctioned $41 billion of five-year notes, with a 2 3/8% coupon, a 2.388% high yield, and a price of 99.938982.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department auctioned $41 billion of five-year notes, with a 2 3/8% coupon, a 2.388% high yield, a price of 99.938982.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today sold $25 billion 300-day cash management bills, dated Oct. 30, due Aug. 26, 2010, at a 0.315% high tender rate.

The Treasury Department yesterday auctioned $44 billion of two-year notes with a 1% coupon at a 1.020% yield, a price of 99.960585.

“Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region expanded for the sixth straight month but at a more moderate pace in October,” according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

The consumer confidence index slipped to 47.7 in October from an upwardly revised 53.4 last month, the Conference Board reported yesterday. The September index was originally reported as 53.1.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $44 billion of two-year notes with a 1% coupon at a 1.020% yield, a price of 99.960585.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $28 billion of four-week bills at a 0.045% high yield, a price of 99.996375.

NEW YORK – “Service sector activity slumped in October,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released today, “Retail sales dropped as shopper traffic diminished and big-ticket sales declined. Inventories also fell, although reductions were less pervasive than a month ago. Services firms' revenues also contracted in October. Looking ahead, survey respondents scaled back their expectations for business opportunities in the next six months.”

NEW YORK – “Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region expanded for the sixth straight month but at a more moderate pace in October,” according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. “All broad indicators — shipments, new orders and employment — continued to grow but at a rate below September's pace. Other indicators were mixed, however. Capacity utilization continued to grow more slowly, while backlogs fell further into negative territory. Vendor delivery times were virtually unchanged, while manufacturers reported slower growth in finished goods inventories.”

NEW YORK - The consumer confidence index slipped to 47.7 in October from an upwardly revised 53.4 last month, The Conference Board reported this morning.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed yesterday, as the three-month bills incurred a 0.075% high rate, down from 0.080% the previous week, and the six-months incurred a 0.185% high rate, up from 0.170% the prior week.

Factory activity declined in October, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, which was released yesterday.

The Chicago Fed Midwest manufacturing index climbed 1.0% in September to a seasonally adjusted level of 82.3 after the August report showed a revised 1.6% increase to 81.6, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported yesterday. The August report originally reported a 0.3% drop to 80.1