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A key measure of underlying U.S. inflation unexpectedly eased in February amid falling prices for autos and prescription drugs.

The market appeared to move after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a rate structure for his graduated state income tax proposal.

Municipal CUSIP requests rose 16.7% in February, signaling possible growth in bond supply.

The groups believe the MSRB cast too wide a net to non-syndicate dealers in its January draft guidance.

Bob Spangler and Jim Tricolli say they are sticking with the winning strategy — and staff — established by Chris Hamel.

Consumers’ inflation expectations fell, according to the February Survey of Consumer Expectations, released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday.

Municipal bond buyers will see several big deals head their way this week. Taking the top spot is a $654 million deal from the Regents of the University of California to be priced by UBS while Citi is set to price the Lower Colorado River Authority's $370 million offering.

The value of business inventories in December was up 0.6% from November as expected.

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) climbed to 111.15 in February from a downwardly revised 109.34 in January.

U.S. retail sales stabilized in January after a plunge the prior month that was larger than first reported.