Economic indicators

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.

Manufacturing in the central Atlantic region “largely unchanged in August,” according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index remained 14.

The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand,” as the general business conditions index increased to 31.8 in August from 23.4 in July, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business, released Tuesday, indicates.

More individuals looked for jobs, but, when extended, wage offers were lower, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s July first released labor market survey.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for July decreased to negative 0.01 from positive 0.16 in June, while the three-month moving average (CFNAI-MA3) fell to negative 0.05 from positive 0.09 in June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday.

The simultaneous drop in Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate and employment reflects the flight of workers from the island.

The University of Michigan's preliminary August consumer sentiment index reading was 97.6, compared to the final July 93.4, and the preliminary July 93.1, according to market sources.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.3% in July following an unrevised 0.6% increase in June, the Conference Board reported Thursday.ted Thursday.

Industrial production was up 0.2% in July, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday.

Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by 12,000 to 232,000 in the August 12 employment survey week, below the 240,000 level expected and following no revision to the 244,000 claims level in the previous week, data released by the Labor Department Thursday showed.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in August, but at a slower pace than in July, as the general business conditions index decreased to 18.9 from 19.5 in July, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.