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Issuers and buyers will both be watching the direction bond yields take this week.

Buoyed by strong investor demand, Philadelphia reported millions in savings from a $293.4 million general obligation bond sale.

While Monday’s data was low-tier, this week will feature several economic reports that will offer data the Federal Reserve will parse in advance of its September meeting.

Investors will get to choose from a variety of new municipal bond issues heading their way this week with deals ranging from the San Francisco Airport offering to Maryland's triple-A GO sale.

St. Louis-based Stifel said it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Baum, including its municipal bond business.

After effortlessly taking down $13.2 billion of bonds this past week, muni buyers will see another above-average issuance week with $7.6B.

The review of the final credit, Chicago's senior-lien water bonds, was resolved when the bonds were defeased.

The county in the New York suburbs received its second upgrade in two months after eliminating cumulative general fund deficits.

The selection includes Acacia Financial Group and Frasca & Associates, each of which is certified as a women-owned business enterprise and Mohanty Gargiulo, a certified minority- and women-owned business enterprise.

The producer price index data is reinforcing the idea that another rate cut is in the cards.