Markets

Sales of new U.S. homes rebounded to the best pace in almost a year and exceeded estimates in February.

he MNI Chicago Business Barometer softened in March to 58.7, bringingthe Q1 average to 60.0, its lowest quarterly reading in two years.

Personal income rose 0.2% in February while consumer spending inched up 0.1% in January.

In the week ended March 28, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 3.87% from 3.96% the previous week.

Connecticut’s GOs hit the market on Thursday as municipal buyers snapped up the last of the week’s sizeable deals.

Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar rolled out her trillion dollar infrastructure plan, supporting Move America and Build America bonds.

BondLink announced a new agreement that allows Fidelity Investments’ millions of retail investors to access BondLink’s aggregation of issuer data on Fidelity.com.

Respondents to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly manufacturing survey reported moderate acceleration of growth in March.

Pending home sales declined 1.0% to an index reading of 101.9 in February, after a revised 4.3% gain to 102.9 in January, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.

The level of initial claims fell by 5,000 to 211,000 in the March 23 week.