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PFM, Acacia and Piper move up in FA rankings, as deal volume handled by the top firms rose 18.6% from last year's depressed level to $64.32 billion.

Municipal bond insurers are running close to last year's clip through the first three months of 2019, as the two active insurers wrapped $3.61 billion in 288 transactions. That compares with $3.61 billion 257 deals during the same period last year. The insurance penetration rate dipped to 4.8% from 5.9% at the end of the first quarter of last year.

The top muni underwriters counsel rankings were all shaken up, as business spiked to $48.69 billion from $41.94 billion at this point last year.

In 2018, employment in New York City hit 4.55 million, the highest jobs level ever recorded, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.

A few taxable deals came into a weaker market today, highlighting the significance of what issuers can tap into by issuing taxable munis.

They say that the Oversight Board has shown itself to be slow and obstructionist in attacking illegitimate bonds and prosecuting guilty parties.

Plans in Illinois, Kentucky, Connecticut and New Jersey still show low funded ratios, while the best funded plans experience better-than-average returns.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency lifted Los Angeles one notch to AA-plus.

The New York and New Jersey bi-state agency in announced that electronic tolls will roll out on two more bridges this year.

The U.S. economy grew at a slight-to-moderate pace in March and early April, though a few districts “reported some strengthening,” a Federal Reserve survey showed.