The Latest

The U.S. international trade gap narrowed in June to $43.6 billion, smaller than the $44.1 billion gap expected.

The July employment report released Friday, which showed nonfarm payrolls rose by a stronger-than-expected 209,000 following a net 2,000 upward revision to May-June payrolls, will be viewed by many as a sign of strength.

In the week ended Aug. 3, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index was unchanged at 4.02% from the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

“We expect the debt affordability numbers to get worse,’’ said Moody’s Vice President Sarah Carlson.

Wisconsin's Foxconn incentives package paves way for $252 million in highway borrowing and local government financing help.

Top quality municipal bonds ended stronger on Thursday, traders said, as the last of the week’s big deals hit the screens.

The Terre Haute Board of Sanitary Commissioners on Tuesday began an $85 million bond issue for the second phase of a long-term combined sewer overflow plan.

With no asset to show for more than $4 billion of debt, Santee Cooper’s bonds were downgraded by S&P.

Kansas City council considering bonds, private financing for $1 billion airport terminal project.

Assured Guaranty Ltd., the largest municipal bond insurer, reported gains in second-quarter profit, boosted by share repurchases and lower reserve additions for Puerto Rico losses.