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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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 -
New York service sector activity “expanded at a solid clip” In August, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Business Leaders Survey, released Thursday.
August 16 -
The National Association of Home Builders' housing market index dipped to 67 in August.
August 15 -
Industrial production grew 0.1% in July, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.
August 15 -
Selling prices remained elevated, while business activity expanded at a faster pace in August.
August 15 -
Household debt increased by $82 billion in the second quarter, the 16th quarterly gain in a row, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday.
August 14 -
The 107.9 reading was a tick away from the record set in July 1983, and was up 0.7 points from June.
August 14 -
Gross domestic product won’t rebound to levels predicted before the Great Recession, researchers write in the latest Economic Letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
August 13 -
Consumers’ inflation expectations held, but respondents’ optimism about wages dipped in July.
August 13 -
The federal government ran a $76.9 billion deficit in July.
August 10 -
Labor market “activity increased modestly and momentum remained high in July.”
August 8 -
Data will determine if and how high the Federal Open Market Committee will raise rates, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Tom Barkin.
August 8 -
Consumer credit increased by $10.2 billion in June to $3.908 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday.
August 7 -
Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.584 billion in July.
August 6 -
The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) rose to 109.89 in July from a downwardly revised 108.72 in June.
August 6 -
The U.S. services sector expanded at a slower pace in July as the non-manufacturing index fell to 55.8 from 59.1 in June.
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