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Top-rated municipal bonds were mixed ahead of the Labor Day weekend. The primary is wrapped up for the week, with no major deals scheduled for Thursday or Friday.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $39 billion 91-day bills and $33 billion 182-day discount bills Tuesday.

The Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia voted to finish the two reactors, but cost was not disclosed.

Pending home sales decreased 0.8% to an index reading of 109.1 in July, after a downwardly revised 1.3% gain to a 110.0 reading in June, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.

The Chicago Business Barometer was unchanged at 58.9 in August.

“Hurricane czar” Alan Rubin of Blank Rome explores the possible effect of the Texas megastorm on the financial markets and municipal credit, the federal response, the challenge of rebuilding the region’s infrastructure and lessons learned from the Houston-area tragedy. Hosted by Paul Burton.

Municipal bond traders are taking a break as the market quiets down ahead of the looming Labor Day holiday weekend. The primary sector is wrapped up for the week, with no major deals scheduled for Thursday or Friday.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business decreased to 55.41 in August from 56.98 in July, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Thursday.

Personal income was up 0.4% in July, while nominal PCE was up 0.3%, and the core PCE price index posted a 0.1% gain.

Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 to 236,000 in the August 26 week, as expected, following an upward revision to the claims level in the previous week, data released by the Labor Department Thursday showed.