Finance

Municipal bond issuers in the Midwest recorded a healthy year-over-year volume gain, in contrast to flat nationwide numbers.

The revision gives local governments an extra nine months to make changes under a new rule involving the treatment of leases.

Moody's upgraded the Lincoln-Way district, saying it has effected a fiscal turnaround after the management woes and investigations that sent it to junk in 2016.

Texas issues are headlining this week's slate of supply.

An increased reliance on endowment spending put the highly selective liberal arts college at risk of a credit downgrade.

Refundings rebounded in the first half of 2019, but total bond volume across the Southwest fell to a six-year low.

Public facilities and electric power were the sectors with the biggest declines.

Short-term notes rose 17.9% in the first half of 2019 based on low rates, high demand, flatter yield curve and a backlog of projects.

After a wild and crazy week that saw the yield curve invert for the first time in 12 years, recession talk, and record lows for muni yields — there was a much calmer tone on Friday.

Fitch Ratings upgraded California general obligation bonds to AA from AA-minus, the state's first upgrade in three years.

Municipal bond issuers in the Northeast sold $44.9 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2019, down 7% compared to the first half of 2018.

The $450 million in bond-financed improvements are part of negotiations to extend the contract of the NFL's New Orleans Saints.

The municipal bond market took a breather on Thursday as the last of the week’s larger deals came and went.

Municipal bonds continued their rally on Wednesday, and pushed tax-free yields to their lowest levels ever.

Deals from Texas and Virginia led the slate of new issues that hit the market on Tuesday.

MarketAxess Holdings will buy LiquidityEdge for $150 million.

Nuveen and AllianceBernstein say Warlander Asset Management may be using the lawsuit to generate an "enormous profit" from credit default swaps.

The deal will end the family owned Baum's 91-year run in the municipal bond business.

Southwest Airlines' decision to enter the Hawaii market helped spur a positive outlook from Moody's.

Issuers and buyers will both be watching the direction bond yields take this week.