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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Richard Clarida was sworn in as vice chairman and a member of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Monday.
September 17 -
Selling prices remained elevated, while business activity expanded at a slower pace in September, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed.
September 17 -
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco announced Friday Mary C. Daly was named president and chief executive officer, effective October 1, 2018.
September 14 -
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.
September 14 -
The University of Michigan's preliminary September consumer sentiment index reading was 100.8.
September 14 -
Industrial production grew 0.4% in August, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.
September 14 -
The federal government ran a $214.1 billion deficit in August.
September 13 -
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.
September 13 -
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.
September 12 -
Labor market “activity increased modestly and momentum remained high in August.”
September 12 -
Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $885 million in August to a total of $287.949 billion.
September 7 -
New orders for manufactured goods decreased 0.8% in July.
September 6 -
The U.S. services sector expanded at a faster pace in August.
September 6 -
Private-sector employment increased by 163,000 in August, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Thursday.
September 6 -
The yield curve could invert later this year, but unless it's prolonged, it may not signal a recession.
September 5 -
The New York economy gained again in August, with current conditions at a multi-year high.
September 5 -
The yield curve and other market signals give better clues about the economy in the current environment.
September 5 -
The overall economy grew for the 112th straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.
September 4 -
Pending home sales slipped 0.7% to an index reading of 106.2 in July, after a revised 1.0% gain to 107.0 in June.
August 29 -
The revenue index dropped to 21.5, from 25.4, a three-year high.
August 28
