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A $1.6 billion note deal from the New York State Thruway Authority this week will roll over an issue sold in 2013 as part of a financing for the $4 billion Mario Cuomo Bridge.

S&P Global Ratings downgraded the University of Connecticut to A-plus from AA-minus.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for March narrowed to negative 0.15 from a downwardly revised negative 0.31 in February.

U.S. new-home construction unexpectedly fell in March, decelerating to the slowest pace since May 2017.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, rose to 3.89% from 3.88% the week before.

Next week’s calendar should benefit from timing and availability coming on the heels of both the income tax deadline and the holiday-shortened week.

Nuveen, in its defense against Preston Hollow's lawsuit, says its conduct in the fight for bond business was legal whether the other firm likes it or not.

The hospital system will sell $250 million of bonds using the Michigan Finance Authority as conduit.

The value of business inventories in February was up 0.3% from January, as expected.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.4% in March following a revised 0.1% rise in February, the Conference Board said Thursday.