Gary Siegel

Existing home sales were flat at a seasonally adjusted 5.34 million-unit rate in August.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.4% in August following a 0.7% gain in July, the Conference Board said Thursday.

Manufacturers report expanding at a quicker rate in September, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business respondents reported “diminished price pressures this month.”

Richard Clarida was sworn in as vice chairman and a member of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Monday.

Selling prices remained elevated, while business activity expanded at a slower pace in September, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed.

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco announced Friday Mary C. Daly was named president and chief executive officer, effective October 1, 2018.

Long considered a dove, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans Friday expressed comfort with the inflation outlook and repeated his belief rates will become slightly restrictive. That led some observers to ramp up concern about the flattening yield curve.

The University of Michigan's preliminary September consumer sentiment index reading was 100.8.

Industrial production grew 0.4% in August, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

The federal government ran a $214.1 billion deficit in August.

Interest rate hikes should proceed, but Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic warned that while tariffs haven’t become a huge concern yet, the possibility exists they will.

Gradual Federal Reserve rate hikes remain appropriate, and while this may invert the yield curve, Fed Gov. Lael Brainard said she believes there are reasons to “temper somewhat” implications of a negative curve.

Labor market “activity increased modestly and momentum remained high in August.”

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $885 million in August to a total of $287.949 billion.

New orders for manufactured goods decreased 0.8% in July.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a faster pace in August.

Private-sector employment increased by 163,000 in August, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Thursday.

The yield curve could invert later this year, but unless it's prolonged, it may not signal a recession.

The New York economy gained again in August, with current conditions at a multi-year high.

The yield curve and other market signals give better clues about the economy in the current environment.