Finance

Municipal bond buyers were getting a piece of Connecticut's general obligation bond deal on Wednesday.

Moody's took action on four Ohio colleges, which still benefit from a state enhancement program that Moody’s affirmed at Aa2.

State government credit support will bring the junk-rated city's coming taxable bond sale up to investment grade.

The municipal market appears to be shifting away from its traditional retail-dominated status, which has implications for regulatory policy that's largely aimed at protecting the retail investor.

Municipal traders said the market was slightly firmer on Tuesday, though a lack of new supply was still curtailing opportunity for investors.

The report illustrates how federal, state and local laws must be changed if the Supreme Court rules in favor of South Dakota and against Wayfair Inc. in an online sales tax case.

Borrowing plans cleared the Finance Committee after minority aldermen complained about diversity.

Hartford's council authorized an agreement for the state to pay the city's debt over two decades while accepting state oversight.

Municipal bond buyers are seeing some supply hit the market on Tuesday as they look ahead to next week for the biggest deal of the year to date.

Moody's boosted the university to A1, an event that may have been overshadowed by the men's basketball team's Final Four run.

As muni investors looked ahead to another week of limited supply, a report from BlackRock recommended taking a flexible strategy.

The city has underfunded pensions and plans to increase spending to support its school district.

Some of the oomph for multifamily housing bonds comes from additional federal funding for public housing agencies which are partners in these bond deals while the remainder comes from programmatic changes in the law.

The municipal bond market on Monday is eyeing this week's small holiday calendar of new issues, which is dominated by taxable deals.

The nonprofit hospital chain expects significant savings even though it must issue taxable debt to refund tax-exempt bonds.

Municipals will see yet another week of sub-$4 billion issuance, as taxables take the top spot on the calendar.

City and state groups credited Congress for supporting programs the administration wanted zeroed out, including the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants program, which will get $2.6 billion.

A day after seeing the market rally and strengthen by five basis points on the long end, munis were quiet and flat ahead of another week of lackluster volume.

The state’s net position of governmental activities eroded by $10.1 billion to reach a negative $141.7 billion.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, dipped to 4.01% from 4.02% last week.