Economic indicators

Personal income was up 0.4% in July, while nominal PCE was up 0.3%, and the core PCE price index posted a 0.1% gain.

Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 to 236,000 in the August 26 week, as expected, following an upward revision to the claims level in the previous week, data released by the Labor Department Thursday showed.

The Midwest Economy Index declined to 0.29 in July from 0.43 in June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Thursday.

About 4,479,800 online job postings appeared on leading internet job boards in August, a decrease of 125,900 from July, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

Second quarter GDP growth was revised up to a 3.0% annual rate from the 2.6% pace in the advance estimate, data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed.

Private-sector employment increased by 237,000 in August, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Wednesday.

Texas service sector activity “continued to reflect expansion in August, albeit at a slightly slower pace,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index slid to 14.2 from 15.7.

The consumer confidence index increased to 122.9 in August from a revised 120.0 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.

Home prices rose 5.8% on an annual basis in June, not seasonally adjusted, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, released Tuesday.

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

The value of U.S. durable goods new orders fell 6.8% in July, below expectations for a 6.1% decline, as transportation orders fell 19.0%, but nontransportation orders posted a 0.5% gain, data released Friday by the Commerce Department showed.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned as a reopening $14 billion of its four-year and eight-month Treasury inflation protected securities at a 0.117% high yield.

The Treasury Department announced on Thursday that it will auction $72 billion of 13- and 26-week bills on Monday,

The Treasury Department announced on Thursday that it will auction $88 billion of two-, five-, and –seven year notes next week.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "expanded at a faster pace and expectations remained solid" in August, according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

Existing home sales fell 1.3% in July, the National Association of Realtors said on Thursday.

Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits rose by 2,000 to 234,000 in the Aug. 19 week, slightly below the 235,000 level expected and following no revision to the 232,000 claims level in the previous week, data released by the Labor Department Thursday showed

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $13 billion of one year 11-month floating rate notes with a high discount margin of 0.060%, at a 0.060% spread, a price of 99.999848.

The pace of new single-family home sales plunged by 9.4% to a much weaker-than-expected 571,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate in July, following upward revisions to the sales pace in the previous three months, data released by the Commerce Department Wednesday showed.

Service sector activity “improved notably in August,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.