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Bond Buyer Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton explores the state's hot-button issues including pension liability and tolling. Chip Barnett hosts.

Birmingham, Alabama's general obligation bond rating was lowered one notch by Fitch due to growing pension liabilities.

Chicago's CFO says investor outreach will stress fiscal controls that make it difficult for the city to backslide on its progress under Rahm Emanuel.

Optimism among small companies in the U.S. improved in February, snapping a five-month losing streak that was the longest in two decades on brighter views of future conditions.

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The groups believe the MSRB cast too wide a net to non-syndicate dealers in its January draft guidance.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