Markets

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for February fell to negative 0.29 from an upwardly revised negative 0.25 in January.

Almost $9 billion of municipal bonds are coming to market with deals from a variety of issuers to quench the thirst of buyers experiencing a supply drought.

The MSRB plans to roll out changes to simplify the submission process on EMMA.

The city will bring $700 million of GO bonds in a tight window after an Illinois deal and before the city's mayoral runoff election.

January wholesale inventories increased by 1.2%, vs. a 0.1% rise expected.

The pace of existing home sales jumped by 11.8% to a 5.51 million annual rate in February, well above the 5.10 million rate expected.

The deal received $3 billion in orders, allowing the finance team to trim yields.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 3.96 from 3.99% the week before.

Municipal bonds remained stronger on Thursday as deals from Indianapolis and California issuers came to market.

Federal transportation officials authorized another $950 million in private activity bonds for Brightline, also known as Virgin Trains USA.