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 service sector activity “accelerated sharply in May,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
May 30 -
About 4,699,500 online job postings appeared on leading internet job boards in May, a decrease of 51,000 from April, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.
May 30 -
Private-sector employment increased by 178,000 in May, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Wednesday.
May 30 -
Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “rose markedly in May,” reaching a 12-year high.
May 29 -
The consumer confidence index increased to 128.0 in May from a revised 125.6 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.
May 29 -
Home prices rose 6.5% on an annual basis in March, not seasonally adjusted, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, released Tuesday.
May 29 -
The University of Michigan's final May consumer sentiment index reading was 98.0, compared to the preliminary May 98.8 and the final April 98.8, according to market sources.
May 25 -
Respondents to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly manufacturing survey reported stronger activity and optimism, while prices were little changed at high levels.
May 24 -
The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.4% in April following an upwardly revised 0.4% increase in March.
May 17 -
Manufacturers report continued growth in May, but the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business respondents reported increasing costs.
May 17 -
With only Sen. Elizabeth Warren challenging their thoughts, Fed nominees Richard Clarida and Michelle Bowman are likely to win approval from the Senate Banking Committee.
May 15 -
While the Federal Open Market Committee will raise interest rates a total of three or four times this year, interest rates will remain low by historical standards.
May 15 -
Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes grew again as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index climbed to 70 in May from a downwardly revised 68 in April, first reported as 69.
May 15 -
Prices paid remain elevated, while business activity improved, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, suggested.
May 15 -
Consumers’ inflation expectations grew, but respondents’ optimism about income held, according to the April Survey of Consumer Expectations, released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday.
May 14 -
Gradual rate hikes remain the best policy, and while inflation is near the Fed's target, it’s “too soon” to declare victory, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Monday.
May 14 -
The University of Michigan's preliminary May consumer sentiment index reading was 98.8.
May 11 -
Suggesting that the Federal Open Market Committee need not raise interest rates any time soon, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Friday monetary policy “is likely neutral.”
May 11 -
The federal government ran a $214.3 billion surplus in April, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.
May 10 -
The Federal Reserve is close to meeting its dual mandate, and while he expects inflation to run higher than 2% for a while, it won’t cause the Fed to respond aggressively, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said Wednesday.
May 9
