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Oil appears to be making a steady comeback, lifting prospects for the key producing states, according to Fitch Ratings.

A “sensibly priced” deal from a New York issuer was snapped up by buyers on Thursday as municipals weakened slightly in secondary trading.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "strengthened further, and expectations for future activity increased" in January.

The pace of new single-family home sales decreased by 9.3% to 625,000 in December.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.6% in December following a revised 0.5% increase in November.

As Pennsylvania gets set to sell $1.39 billion of tobacco bonds next week, Invesco released a report on the sector that offers several reasons why investors should be holding tobacco bonds.

Initial jobless claims rose to 233,000 in the week ended Jan. 20, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. bonds cleared the market after a one-week delay.

Wednesday's sales of Chicago's Sales Tax Securitization Corp. taxables and Connecticut’s special tax obligation bonds underscored the increasing prevalence of special obligation offerings.

First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan put the price tag at $425 million over four years.