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The labor deal with teachers to end an 11-school-day strike puts pressure on Chicago Public Schools in the out years, say FItch and S&P.

The number of trades decreased about 16% to 2.01 million from the same quarter in 2018.

U.S. consumers are wary of possible threats to future economic growth.

A powerful equity market whacked Treasuries and munis followed suit and as much as a 7 bp correction ensued.

California, Massachusetts and New York came closest to utilizing their volume caps for PABs in 2018, according to a recent survey by the Council of Development Finance Agencies.

Kenneth Potts, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Fiera Capital, checks in on the state of the municipal bond market. He talks about the effect of the SALT deduction on high-tax states and supply and demand factors in this podcast recorded in September. Chip Barnett hosts.

Illinois’ competitive $750 million general obligation issue proved an easy sell with tight cover bids.

Investors downed a deluge of munis in what so far is living up to the billing of the busiest week of the year.

Nonfarm productivity slipped, the Labor Department reported Wednesday, a day when comments from Fed presidents suggested cuts are done for now.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded $1.2 billion of general obligation bonds to Aa1 from Aa2.