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U.S. retail sales rose for a fifth month in June and figures from May were revised upward.

Selling prices continued to rise moderately, while business activity expanded almost as briskly as in June, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey suggested.

Kalotay faults the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for not requiring training in options-based analytics as part of their certification of municipal advisor representatives.

The new service will save dealer firms time and effort as they enter into muni underwriting syndicates.

Investors began lining up for the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s nearly $1 billion building aid revenue bond offering on Friday.

Chicago's 2017 CAFR offers deep dive into Chicago's fiscal gains and deeper strains.

The San Francisco-based broker-dealer is expanding its offerings into taxables, coinciding with an increase in issuance in that space.

Ipreo estimates weekly bond volume at $9.2 billion, consisting of $7.5 billion of negotiated deals and $1.7 billion of competitive sales.

The University of Michigan's preliminary July consumer sentiment index reading was 97.1.

Import prices fell by 0.4% in June, below the flat reading expected and following a 0.9% rise in May.