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The Illinois pension intercept law could pose rating strain but also force funding discipline over long term, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Muni portfolio manager J.B. Golden combats spread compression with defensive duration, laddering, premium bonds, and a tilt toward credit opportunities.

Municipal bond buyers are eagerly awaiting the biggest new issue calendar of the year, as almost $10 billion of supply is slated to hit the market this week.

Consumers’ inflation expectations grew, but respondents’ optimism about income held, according to the April Survey of Consumer Expectations, released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday.

Thanks to what one county official termed an "incredible" bond sale, Lee County will pay less interest than expected on a $33 million loan.

This week the municipal bond market is getting what it wants — and what it needs — more supply. Almost $10 billion of new deals are on tap in a calendar that will have something for almost everybody.

Fitch Ratings shifted its outlook to negatibve on the city's A-minus issuer rating.

The municipal bond market is gearing up for the biggest volume week of the year, with issuers estimated to bring just under $10 billion of new paper.

The bonds will help complete a new hospital wing at Marin General Hospital.

The district remains deeply in speculative-grade territory even after the two-notch upgrade.