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Chicago officials want to highlight the distinctions between the highly rated new securitization and the city's general obligation bonds.

Issuers of conduit debt would lose their primary purpose if Congress eliminates private activity bonds.

Competitive sales from the states of Washington and Wisconsin and negotiated deals from New York and Illinois issuers dominated Tuesday’s new issue slate.

New York and Illinois deals top Tuesday’s new issue slate as municipal bond traders get ready to gobble up some deals in the primary.

Final demand PPI rose 0.4% in October, well above the 0.1% expected, and was up 0.4% excluding food and energy prices.

Small businesses were more optimistic in October as sales expectations grew, according to National Federation of Independent Business.

Developments on the tax reform front were not far from municipal bond traders' minds as they saw the first of the week’s new issues hit the screens on Monday.

Estimated total bond volume for the week is $9.897 billion, which consists of $6.644 billion of negotiated deals and $3.253 billion of competitive sales.

Tax reform legislation will be front and center this week, snatching the market’s attention as Congress moves ahead with measures that will change the bond marketplace in the near- and long-term. Both the House and Senate are taking up muni proposals that will directly impact issuers, underwriters and bond buyers.

Consumers’ inflation expectations held for three-year, but rose for the one-year horizon.