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Total industrial production, which also includes mines and utilities, increased 0.6% after a 0.2% drop in October.

Outstanding government receivables remain a constraining factor to the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority's credit profile after it refinanced two notes.

November retail sales were up 0.2% in the month, slightly above analysts’ projections for a 0.1% gain.

In the week ended Dec. 13, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 4.13% from 4.15% last week.

Hilltop Securities chairman Hill Feinberg will hand over his title as president and chief executive to Piper Jaffray banker Bradley Winges.

Former longtime New York City budget veteran Mark Page, who was tapped to help Long Island’s Nassau County tackle mounting tax settlement debt, is retiring at the of the year.

Market data shows the trading gap between A-rated and BBB-rated corporate bonds has widened in volume.

Budget officers in another 14 states have reported early fiscal 2019 revenues running within a half percentage of projections with only five telling the National Association of States Budget Officers they were collecting less than projected.

Columbia issued the first U.S. stormwater revenue bonds certified by the Climate Bond Initiative.

The MSRB got a green light for tighter reporting rules for dealers as the regulator starts to monitor the municipal fund securities market.