Finance

Retail buyers of municipal bonds got first shot at New York City’s big general obligation bond sale on Monday.

Weekly municipal market volume is expected to sink back below $5 billion in the coming week, making it harder for investors to price bonds.

Employers in New York also are allowed to implement a 5% payroll tax as a way of paying some of their employees’ state income taxes.

Atlantic City's state overseer sees a “major” breakthrough following a $49 million bond sale.

Municipal market participants will return to their desks next week and see a $4.8 billion new issue calendar.

Traders noted some caution in the muni market ahead of Friday’s release of the March unemployment report.

The city's issuer rating from Moody's Investors Service remains mired in speculative-grade territory.

Municipals were trading in sympathy with Treasuries on Thursday morning as the market remained quiet as it prepared for the week’s end.

BlackRock's Peter Hayes says that municipal bond performance in the first quarter was clearly hurt by tax reform.

Morgan Stanley rose to No. 2 and JPMorgan slipped out of the top 5 among municipal underwriters; PFM fell to second among financial advisors.

Anna Van Degna, who was a Stifel managing director, now heads San Francisco's Office of Public Finance.

Buyers of municipal bonds had a variety of new issues to choose from on Wednesday as deals from New Jersey, New York, California and Maryland all came to market.

Despite municipals being a little sidetracked as Treasuries weakened, traders said there was a more constructive nature overall to the market on Tuesday.

A proposed Chicago ordinance would press banks on gun control.

Retail buyers were offered the chance to buy the New Jersey Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.’s subordinate tobacco settlement bonds.

The household sector’s direct ownership of outstanding muni debt has dropped by $103 billion year over year -- and by more than $300 billion since 2010.

Alum Rock Union Elementary still faces challenges from probes into alleged fiscal mismanagement.

Michigan State University is seeing the first credit fallout from the sexual abuse scandal involving former university and Olympic gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

The second-quarter kicked off Monday with a little more optimism among municipal market participants after "one of the worst quarters in a long, long time."

The St. Louis-based firm enters its second century of business this year.