The University of Michigan’s final September consumer sentiment index reading was 70.3, compared to the preliminary 73.1 reading and the final August 63.0 reading, according to market sources.
Economists polled by Thomson Reuters had predicted a 70.5 reading for the index.
The expectations index was 67.2, compared to 70.9 earlier in September and 57.9 last month. The current conditions index was 75.0, compared to 76.5 at mid-month and 71.0 last month.
"Folloing recent yield moves, a generic muni index is now down 1% on the month with no real sub-sector showing much deviation from that result," said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of trading at FHN Financial.
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As the nation's fourth largest city faces a growing structural budget deficit, it is also expecting to issue more than $3 billion of debt for its airport, water and sewer system, convention center, as well as to fund a settlement with firefighters and for cash-flow purposes.
The extension of the current solar net metering system could lower revenue for the utility.
The finance team is "marketing slices of risk" to raise money to refinance its debt, investors said.
John Fleming is pushing back against a proposal in the state Legislature to change the way the state Bond Commission oversees the issuance of debt by cities, counties and local governments and entities.
