Markets

Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, as the first of the week’s large deals hit the market.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $55 billion of four-week bills at a 0.750% high yield, a price of 99.941667.

Municipal market participants are set for action to get started in the primary with several large negotiated and competitive deals on tap, led by issuers in New York, Florida and Virginia.

Output at U.S. manufacturers fell in March by the most since August as production of automobiles and parts and business equipment declined, Federal Reserve data showed on Tuesday.

The pace of housing starts slowed by 6.8% to a 1.215 million seasonally adjusted annual rate in March, below expectations for a decline to a 1.238 million pace, data reported by the Commerce Department Tuesday morning showed.

City councilors took the first step to wrap up projects included in the city's 2012 General Obligation Bond issue.

With Sherman residents soon to vote on a $308 million bond package aimed at overhauling the Sherman Independent School District's facilities, supporters and opponents of the plan are both making their positions known to the community.

The Oxford School District will host a series of community meetings starting Monday to gather input regarding a proposed bond issue.

Columbus Public Library Director Drew Brookhart has a lot to think about over the days, weeks and months ahead.

With the vote on a $74 million bond to benefit Red Oak ISD on the horizon, district officials will hold a second town hall meeting Thursday evening.