Markets

Munis were being pressured by a lower-than-average new issue calendar, while a report advised investors how to deal with market volatility.

Tim Heaney of NewFleet Asset Management uncovers yield, credit, and coupon opportunities with a quality-minded strategy.

Consumers’ inflation expectations dipped, but respondents see households’ financial condition improving.

President Trump's infrastructure plan, detailed for reporters by a White House official this weekend, will expand the eligibility of tax-exempt private activity bonds.

The Virgin Islands would create a matching funds rum tax bond to be sold to the U.S. Treasury.

The municipal market is starving for supply and it will remain that way with another meager weak of issuance, while investors keep their cash on the sidelines amid ongoing equity volatility.

The Detroit-based university will sell $120 million in general revenue bonds.

Municipal bond buyers looking for deals will again have to be satisfied with a smaller-than-average calendar for next week.

Wholesale inventories increased 0.4% in December, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Wholesale sales rose 1.2%.

In the week ended Feb. 8, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 3.98% from 3.94% the previous week.