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The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $42 billion 91-day bills and $36 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

This busy week will end with a bang, as four of the five largest deals are set to price on Thursday.

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady said the private-activity bond provision was included in the House tax bill so lawmakers would have more time to discuss these bonds.

The Chicago Business Barometer fell to 63.9 in November from 66.2 in October.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business decreased to 59.62 in November from 63.61 in October.

Personal income rose 0.4% in October, compared with a 0.3% gain expected. At the same time, nominal PCE was up 0.3%, as expected.

Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by 2,000 to 238,000 in the November 25 holiday week, only slightly below the 240,000 level expected, data released by the Labor Department Thursday showed.

The Midwest Economy Index remained at a revised negative 0.12 in October, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Thursday.

Marvin Goodfriend, a noted economist and former Richmond Fed official, was tapped to fill one of three vacancies on the Fed board.

California lawmakers are pushing Republican leaders to restore the federal deduction for state and local income taxes in the final tax bill.