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Faced with yet another week of low volume and high volatility, muni market participants hope for improvement in February.

Syncora will pay $350 million under the agreement, which doesn't include any Puerto Rico exposure.

Although market conditions are not pristine, with rising yields and little primary action, market participants expressed reason to believe the first week of February will be a positive one.

Ronald Schwartz of Seix Investment Advisors resolves to upgrade credit, keep duration neutral to shorter, and remain selective about investments.

The Vermont Municipal Bond Bank is offering retail investors bonds that can be purchased in denominations as low as $1,000.

Municipal bond yields are rising as buyers look ahead to another smaller-than-average slate of sales heading to market next week.

HJ Sims has named Melissa Messina as a senior vice president of investment banking in the Rockville, Md.

Bond traders and buyers will keep an eye on rising yields as the municipal bond market sees a smaller than average primary slate scheduled for sale next week.

Worries about a future interest rate hike couples with a rise in Treasury issuance pressured muni yields Thursday.

Brian Brewer will be the firm's public finance director following the retirement of longtime manager Keith Kolb.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch won a large note sale in the primary sector on Thursday as the market eyes bond yields, which have been on a tear since the beginning of the month.

The municipal bond market is focusing its attention on Thursday on rising bond yields a day after the Federal Reserve signaled it could raise interest rates at its next meeting in March.

There was no consensus on prospects for a federal infrastructure plan at Wednesday's Bond Buyer event.

Municipal bond market participants are weighing in on what they think about what President Trump said about infrastructure in his State of the Union address.

The Reno County Commission indicated Tuesday it would explore possible changes to its policy for issuing industrial revenue bonds.

Municipal bond volume evaporated in January, as the market felt the aftereffect of federal tax legislation that pulled issuance forward into 2017.

Municipal bond market participants are weighing in on President Trump's call for infrastructure financing in his State of the Union address.

It will take some time to see how both tax reform and infrastructure makes an impression on the muni market, said panelists at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook 2018 Conference.

Moody's revised its outlook on Connecticut's capital to developing from negative, pending the city's application for a state workout program.

Municipal bond market participants await details of President Trump’s plans for infrastructure spending.