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Municipal bond traders were returning to their desks on Tuesday and looking ahead to the week’s lighter-than-average holiday week calendar, with volume estimated at $3.86 billion.

Volume in the primary municipal bond market is expected to decline to fewer than $4 billion of bonds issued, a typical slowdown following a holiday weekend.

The signing of Illinois Senate Bill 1947 alleviates the uncertainty for schools created by the multiyear state budget stalemate and recent veto, Standard & Poor’s said.

The UT system will offer investors a choice of taxable or tax-exempt debt as it prices $600 million of bonds.

Municipalities object to a report by Gov. Dannel Malloy's budget office that defends the level of state aid.

Posey County, Ind., agreed to give a developer tax increment revenues to repay its bonds.

Top-shelf municipal bonds were stronger in late morning activity, according to traders, who are looking ahead to next week’s holiday-light calendar. Ipreo estimates total bond volume for next week at $3.86 billion.

ECRI inflation gauge rises to 111.9 in August.

The University of Michigan's final August consumer sentiment index reading was 96.8, compared to the preliminary August 97.6 and the final July 93.4, according to market sources.