Day | Indicator | Last Report | Forecast |
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Tuesday | Consumer Confidence | April: 69.2 | May: 70.0 |
Wednesday | Pending Home Sales | March: +4.1% | April: 0.0% |
Thursday | GDP | Q4: +3.0% | Q1: +1.9% |
Thursday | Initial Jobless Claims | May 19: 370,000 | May 26: 370,000 |
Thursday | Continuing Claims | May 12: 3.260M | May 19: 3.250M |
Thursday | Chicago PMI | April: 56.2 | May: 56.5 |
Friday | Nonfarm Payrolls | April: +115,000 | May: +150,000 |
Friday | Private Payrolls | April: +130,000 | May: +160,000 |
Friday | Manufacturing Payrolls | April: -15,000 | May: +15,000 |
Friday | Unemployment Rate | April: 8.1% | May: 8.1% |
Friday | Avg Hrly Earnings | April: unch | May: +0.2% |
Friday | Work Week | April: 34.5 | May: 34.5 |
Friday | Personal Income | March: +0.4% | April: +0.3% |
Friday | Consumption (PCE) | March: +0.3% | April: +0.3% |
Friday | Core PCE | March: +0.2% | April: +0.2% |
Friday | Construction Spending | March: +0.1% | April: +0.4% |
Friday | ISM Mfg Index | April: 54.8 | May: 54.0 |
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April's "poor performance" pushed munis further into negative territory, but "despite the poor start to the year, they may still end the year positive," said Cooper Howard, a fixed-income strategist at Charles Schwab.
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The driving force behind the trend is the overall strength of the economy, according to Fitch Ratings' Michael Rinaldi. Revenue sources for municipalities, such as sales and property taxes, are doing very well.
11h ago -
Syncora and GoldenTree Asset Management want an accounting of what happened to PREPA net revenues.
May 7 -
The MSRB's move to a one-minute reporting standard was questioned in a House hearing Tuesday in the context of regulation that could go too far.
May 7 -
"It'll be very interesting to see when an event happens or the market get sloppy, what the secondary market does," said a sellside panelist at a Bond Buyer market outlook panel in Florida.
May 7 -
Delivery delays for Boeing planes are impacting airports, with Southwest Airlines recently announcing it is pulling out or reducing flights at some facilities.
May 7