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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New orders for manufactured goods increased 0.7% in June, after growing an unrevised 0.4% in May, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
August 2 -
The New York economy surged in July, with current conditions nearly reaching future expectation levels.
August 2 -
The overall economy grew for the 111th straight time.
August 1 -
Private-sector employment increased by 219,000 in July, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Wednesday.
August 1 -
Texas service sector activity “accelerated in July,” according to business executives.
July 31 -
The consumer confidence index increased to 127.4 in July from a revised 127.1 last month.
July 31 -
The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business increased to 61.66 in July from 60.18 in June.
July 31 -
Home prices rose 6.4% on an annual basis in May, not seasonally adjusted, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, released Tuesday.
July 31 -
Personal income rose 0.4% in June following an unrevised 0.4% increase in May, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
July 31 -
The June Midwest Economy Index slipped to 0.40 from an upwardly revised 0.58 in May.
July 31 -
Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, suggested a “robust expansion.”
July 30 -
Pending home sales gained 0.9% to an index reading of 106.9 in June.
July 30 -
The market will have to wait for meeting minutes to learn policy makers' thinking on the accelerating GDP, the yield curve, interest rates, and trade wars.
July 27 -
The University of Michigan's July consumer sentiment index reading was 97.9, compared to the preliminary July 97.1.
July 27 -
Respondents to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly manufacturing survey reported strong activity and increased optimism in July.
July 26 -
Service sector “activity remained strong in July,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.
July 24 -
Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region “expanded at a slower pace in July.”
July 24 -
The region's services sector “continued to expand,” as the general business conditions index rose to 44.3 in July from 39.1 in June.
July 24 -
Existing home sales fell 0.6% to a seasonally adjusted 5.38 million-unit rate in June.
July 23 -
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for June reversed to positive 0.43 from a downwardly revised negative 0.45 in May.
July 23
