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Final demand PPI rose by 0.3% in March, well ahead of the 0.1% gain expected.

Though the legal setback is "harmful" to the Chicago Park District's plan to increase pension funding, it doesn't cause a budgetary crisis, S&P said.

Traders and muni professionals said it was a typical light Monday in the municipal market — with favorable market technicals mixed with some underlying concern on the political front.

Morgan Stanley will run the books on several negotiated deals that are part of about $360 million in local government borrowing planned.

Retail buyers of municipal bonds got first shot at New York City’s big general obligation bond sale on Monday.

Consumers’ inflation expectations held steady, but respondents’ optimism about labor conditions and income slipped.

Clark County, Nev.’s $648 million Las Vegas stadium bond deal for the NFL’s Raiders is the first since Congress toyed with the idea last year of eliminating the tax-exemption for sports facilities.

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) rose to 107.72 in March from a downwardly revised 107.31 in February.

Weekly municipal market volume is expected to sink back below $5 billion in the coming week, making it harder for investors to price bonds.

Clark County will price $647 million in general obligation bonds Wednesday for the NFL stadium.