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The municipal bond market will see a spate of new deals enter the market on Wednesday, led by issuers in Hawaii and Texas as well as California and New York.

Tapering of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet won’t sink the mortgage-backed securities market, said Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren, though prices may have to adjust.

Illinois gets tongue lashing from research group over impasse as senate efforts at compromise build.

Bankruptcy experts and political observers say states would have a hard time getting restructuring power.

Municipal bonds ended weaker on Tuesday as deals from Cuyahoga County, Wisconsin, Hawaii, the city of Los Angeles, San Francisco BART and the New York MTA hit the market.

New York City's Health + Hospitals unit expects to close fiscal 2017 with a $100 million balance.

Senators urge tax regulators to clarify tax requirements for tax-exempt bonds used to refinance student loans, saying this will help reduce soaring student loan debt.

Illinois lacks a path to restructure state debt but Puerto Rico's filing heightened chatter.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board extended the deadline for Gov. Rosselló to submit the FY2018 budget by two weeks.

Municipal bonds weakened as deals from Cuyahoga County, Wisconsin, Hawaii, the city of Los Angeles, San Francisco BART and the New York MTA hit the market on Tuesday.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill to grant state public safety unions control over their pension investments.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to return to the catastrophe bond market.

The Federal Reserve should begin shrinking its balance sheet this year and put the reductions “on autopilot,” Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and CEO Esther L. George said Tuesday.

Deals from Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Wisconsin, the city of Los Angeles and the San Francisco BART hit the market in early activity on Tuesday. Municipal bond prices weakened in early trading.

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority said Monday it is seeking approval from the Oversight Board for its deal with its creditors that was reached outside the court supervised restructuring that's underway for other issuers in the territory.

Municipal bonds ended steady on Monday, ahead of this week’s $9.36 billion new issue calendar. This week’s slate is composed of $7.82 billion of negotiated deals and $1.54 billion of competitive sales.

The Oversight Board certified a Title III filing for the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., affirming that its $17.9 billion of revenue bonds will be subject to court supervised restructuring along with other territorial debt.

Municipal bonds were mixed ahead of this week’s $9.36 billion new issue calendar. This week’s slate is composed of $7.82 billion of negotiated deals and $1.54 billion of competitive sales.

Income expectations rose, but consumers expect to spend less, according to the Survey of Consumer Expectations, released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday.

Municipal bond traders will be looking forward to this week’s healthy new issue slate, topped by a variety of deals from around the country.