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"Should September's positive returns hold as we expect, it would mark the fourth consecutive month of positive total returns — the first such period since the five-month period spanning from March through July 2021," BofA strategists Yingchen Li and Ian Rogow said.

Carbon capture and broadband funding stalemated by questions over regulations

Nuveen LLC reached an agreement to sell its 11% equity stake in Vistra Vision to Vistra Corp., that started as municipal bonds ensnared in a bankruptcy.

The airport's first new money foray into the muni market in nearly 12 years will begin to fund a $1.3 billion transformation plan.

While the municipal market barely budged following the Fed's decision to cut rates 50 basis points, Thursday saw muni yields rise up to two basis points, depending on the scale, but still lagged the weakness in USTs. LSEG Lipper reported $716 million of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds.

The product is designed to give SOLVE's customers visibility into "next-trade" pricing data for more than 900,000 munis.

After getting positive outlooks from three rating agencies since 2023, Oklahoma received its first upgrade.

The agency cited a sustained commitment to healthy reserves and structural balance.

The city of Clyde defaulted in August and recently revealed it used debt proceeds for debt payments in a manner that "disguised the deficit cash flow."

The record pace of municipal bond supply this year is driven in part by cities and states realizing projects won't get any cheaper if they wait.