Economic indicators

Manufacturing in the central Atlantic region “largely unchanged in August.”

Home prices rose 5.9% on an annual basis in July, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index.

The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand,” as the general business conditions index increased to 33.2 in September from 31.8 in August.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “continued to increase in September,” according to the monthly Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index fell to negative 0.31 and the three-month moving average slid to negative 0.04.

The Treasury Department sold $11 billion of reopened 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities at a 0.450% high yield.

The Treasury Department on Thursday said it will auction $179 billion of securities next week.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index rose 0.4% in August following an unrevised 0.3% increase in July, the Conference Board reported on Thursday.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in September as the general business conditions index increased to 23.8 from 18.9 in August, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Report on Business.

Initial claims U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 to 259,000 in the September 16 employment survey week, well below the 305,000 level expected and suggesting some displaced workers have not been able to file yet, data released by the Labor Department Thursday showed.

Existing home sales declined 1.7% to a seasonally adjusted 5.35 million-unit rate in August , the National Association of Realtors announced Wednesday.

The U.S. current account deficit widened considerably to $123.1 billion in the second quarter from a revised $113.5 billion gap in the previous quarter.

U.S. import prices rose 0.6% in August, ahead of the 0.4% gain expected, and were up 0.3% excluding fuel prices and also up 0.3% excluding just petroleum prices.

The pace of housing starts fell by 0.8% to a 1.180 million seasonally adjusted annual rate in August.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were announced Monday, as the three-months incurred a 1.045% high rate and the six-months incurred a 1.180% high rate.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes decreased, the National Association of Home Builders said.

The New York region's service sector activity "expanded modestly," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's September Business Leaders Survey, released Monday.

The increase in median income may be connected to emigration from the island.

The value of business inventories rose 0.2% in July, as expected by analysts and predicted by an MNI calculation, while business sales were also up 0.2%, a Commerce Department report Friday showed.

The University of Michigan's preliminary September consumer sentiment index reading was 95.3, compared to the final August 96.8 and the preliminary August 97.6, according to market sources.