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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Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, “maintained its strong momentum in August.”
August 27 -
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for July declined to 0.13 from an upwardly revised 0.48 in June.
August 27 -
At the moment, gradual rate hikes remain appropriate, given no signs that inflation will accelerate beyond 2%, despite broad risk factors.
August 24 -
Respondents to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly manufacturing survey reported slightly weaker activity in August.
August 23 -
Existing home sales fell 0.7% to a seasonally adjusted 5.34 million-unit rate in July.
August 22 -
The Federal Open Market Committee will have to raise the fed funds target rate three or four times to hit neutral rate.
August 21 -
The region's services sector “continued to expand” but at a slightly slower pace in August.
August 21 -
The University of Michigan's preliminary August consumer sentiment index reading was 95.3.
August 17 -
The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.6% in July following a 0.5% gain in June.
August 17 -
Manufacturers report expanding at a slower rate in August.
August 16
