Economic indicators

The Treasury Department auctioned $42 billion of 26-week bills at a high yield of 1.575% on Monday.

The Treasury Department auctioned $48 billion of 13-week bills at a high yield of 1.430% on Monday.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $50 billion of four-week discount bills on Tuesday.

The Employment Trends Index increased 0.74 percentage points in December to 107.10 from a revised 106.36 in November, The Conference Board reported on Monday.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.518 billion in December to a total of $262.102 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Friday.

The value of new factory orders rose by 1.3% in November, slightly larger than the expected 1.1% increase in an MNI survey.

The U.S. services sector expanded in December as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 55.9.

The November trade deficit widened to $50.5 billion from a revised $48.9 billion deficit in October.

U.S. job gains slowed by more than forecast in December, wage gains picked up slightly and the unemployment rate held at the lowest level since 2000, adding to signs of a full-employment economy.

Initial jobless claims rose to 250,000 in the week ended Dec. 30, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Private-sector employment increased by 250,000 in December, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Thursday.

About 4,930,700 online job postings appeared on leading internet job boards in December, an increase of 229,700 from November.

Construction spending was up 0.8% in November, slightly above the expected 0.7% gain.

The overall economy grew for the 103rd straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

The New York economy ended 2017 with a level better than the average for the year, and the future expectations soared to levels not seen in more than a decade.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business increased to 65.57 in December from 59.62 in November, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Friday.

The Midwest Economy Index reversed to positive 0.22 from a revised negative 0.11 in October, first reported negative 0.12, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Friday.

The Chicago Business Barometer rose to 67.6 in December, its highest since March 2011.

Initial jobless claims remained at 245,000 in the week ended Dec. 23, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Texas service sector activity “continued to increase in December,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index held at 24.4.