Business inventories decreased 0.2% in December, the first decline in three months as economists had expected an increase, while sales were up 0.9%, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
Inventories had increased in November and October following 13 consecutive monthly declines. In November, inventories rose 0.5%, while sales soared 2.4%.
Economists expected inventories to rise 0.3% for the month, according to the median estimate from Thomson Reuters.
"Folloing recent yield moves, a generic muni index is now down 1% on the month with no real sub-sector showing much deviation from that result," said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of trading at FHN Financial.
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As the nation's fourth largest city faces a growing structural budget deficit, it is also expecting to issue more than $3 billion of debt for its airport, water and sewer system, convention center, as well as to fund a settlement with firefighters and for cash-flow purposes.
The extension of the current solar net metering system could lower revenue for the utility.
The finance team is "marketing slices of risk" to raise money to refinance its debt, investors said.
John Fleming is pushing back against a proposal in the state Legislature to change the way the state Bond Commission oversees the issuance of debt by cities, counties and local governments and entities.
