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The consumer confidence index decreased to 126.4 in June from a revised 128.8 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.

Home prices rose 6.4% on an annual basis in April, not seasonally adjusted.

The region's services sector showed “continued expansion,” as the general business conditions index slid to 39.1 in June from 45.3 in May.

A general obligation refunding is definitely in the cards for Chicago Public Schools, and a new money deal may come as well.

Gov. Paul LePage's post-pricing intervention to block the closing of $113 million of GO bonds may increase Maine’s future borrowing costs.

Municipal bonds were little changed on Monday as supply concerns prompted Bank of America Merrill Lynch to cut its 2018 forecast to $365 billion of issuance.

Education banker John Baracy has opened Raymond James’ first public finance office in Los Angeles.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has revised its forecast for yearly municipal bond volume down to $365 billion.

Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, “continued in June, albeit at a slower pace than in May,” according to the monthly Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

New single-family home sales rose by 6.7% to a 689,000 annual rate in May, led solely by a sharp increase in sales in the large South region.