Yong Lim

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $35 billion of two-year notes with a 1/8% coupon at a 0.240% yield, a price of 99.771630.

NEW YORK - Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.005% high rate, down from 0.010% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.040% high rate, down from 0.045% the week before.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

NEW YORK - Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes improved but remained quite low as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index - a monthly gauge of builder sentiment – gained to 21 in December from 19 in November.

Existing home sales fell 3.0% in September to a seasonally adjusted 4.91 million, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department Monday sold $7 billion of inflation-indexed 29-year, 4-month bonds at a 0.999% yield, an adjusted price of 132.953297, with a 2 1/8% coupon.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $29 billion seven-year notes on Thursday, Oct. 27.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $35 billion two-year notes on Tuesday, Oct. 25, and $35 billion five-year notes on Wednesday, Oct. 26.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $29 billion 91-day bills and $27 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

NEW YORK - The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators grew 0.2% in September, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

Existing home sales fell 3.0% in September to a seasonally-adjusted 4.91 million, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON - The federal government posted a $64.6 billion budget deficit for September, compared to a $34.6 billion deficit in the same month in 2010.

NEW YORK - The University of Michigan's preliminary October consumer sentiment index reading was 57.5, compared to September 59.4 according to market sources.

The Treasury Department on Thursday auctioned $13 billion of 29-year, 10-month bonds with a 3 3/4% coupon at a 3.120% high yield and a price of 112.166894.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department today auctioned $13 billion of 29-year 10-month bonds with a 3 3/4% coupon at a 3.120% high yield, a price of 112.166894.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $7 billion 29-year 4-month inflation-indexed notes on Thursday, Oct 20.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 52-Week bills on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

NEW YORK - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $29 billion 91-day bills and $27 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The University of Michigan’s final September consumer sentiment index reading was 59.4, compared to the preliminary September 57.8, the final August 55.7, the preliminary August 54.9, and the final July 63.7, according to market sources.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Business Barometer rose to 60.4 in September from 56.5 in August, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.