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Emily Schapira, executive director for the Philadelphia Energy Authority, discusses how the City of Brotherly Love’s increased investment in renewable power sources has been a vehicle for job creation while also generating energy savings at municipal buildings. Andrew Coen hosts

The MNI Chicago Business Barometer followed up declines in both January and February with a hefty 4.5 drop in March, ending the first quarter of 2018 at 57.4.

Consumer spending rose 0.2% in February while personal income gained 0.4%, the Commerce Department said.

Initial jobless claims fell to the lowest level since January 1973.

Oversight Board is continuing its struggle with the Puerto Rico government over fiscal plans.

In the week ended March 28, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index fell to 4.00% from 4.01% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

The municipal market was winding up the week on a tentative note as Connecticut offered its general obligations to institutional investors.

Chicago expects to begin tapping $4 billion of bond authority for O'Hare by early 2019.

A municipal futures contract can be an effective hedging tool, attendees at The Bond Buyer’ National Municipal Bond Summit were told.

Kroll, making its first official foray into the sovereign bond sector, gave the United States of America its top grade.