LOS ANGELES — Far West issuers sold $50.2 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2017, up from the $44.9 billion sold in the first half of 2016, according to Thomson Reuters data.

The region's 13.2% increase contrasts with a 12.4% nationwide decline in the first half.

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