Markets

City officials are highlighting the improved transparency provided by the new website.

One city has been placed on credit watch as a clearer picture of the storm's damage emerges.

Top-rated municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session, according to traders, who were seeing the first of the week’s new issues hit the screens.

Construction spending was up 0.5% in August, with a 0.4% increase in private construction and a larger 0.7% increase in public construction, data released by the Commerce Department Monday morning showed.

The overall economy grew for the hundredth straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

Municipal bond market participants are returning to work on Monday ready to see a smaller-than-usual new issue calendar awaiting them this week.

The state's treasurer, Seth Magaziner, cited the “back to basics” strategy his office undertook about a year ago.

Top-shelf municipal bonds ended mixed on Friday ahead of a smaller-than-average new issue calendar that is dominated by a variety of offerings from the Dormitory of the State of New York.

Northwestern was assigned a negative outlook on one of its triple-A ratings.

Issuance of municipal bonds fell 33.9% to $26.7 billion compared to $40.4 billion in September 2016.