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Texas service sector activity “accelerated in February,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index climbed to 19.2, from 14.9.

The service sector improved in February, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.

Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region “strengthened in February,” according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index climbed to positive 16 from negative 2.

Timely and complete accounting and financial reporting are as critical to municipal professionals as is disclosure, according to Jeffrey Previdi, GASB vice chairman. Long-standing standards and practices are being brought up-to-date to remain compatible with today's rapid-paced changes. John Hallacy hosts.

The region's services sector accelerated, as the general business conditions index rebounded to 10.0 in February from 1.0 in January.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said that when rates on shorter-dated bonds move above rates on longer-dated bonds, it can be a signal that an economic slowdown is coming.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “bridge” budget would reduce the state's immediate pension contributions, and assumes voters will approve income tax changes in 2020.

Lawmakers are weighing legislation that would authorize $100 million of special purpose revenue bonds to build and operate the plant.

The demand component of the municipal bond market is continuing to drive firm prices,

The audit includes $121.5 million in Series 2011 T direct-pay qualified zone academy bonds and four Series 2011 R taxable of school construction bonds that totaled $ 756.4 million.

Michael Decker has been managing director and co-head of municipal securities at SIFMA since October 2009.

Municipals remained strong on Monday as a Wisconsin school district sold GOs in the primary market.

As Albany enters the budget homestretch, debate over congestion pricing and other measures to bolster mass transit in the New York City region is intensifying.

Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, “continued to expand in February,” but at a slower pace than in January.

Intel Corp. is this week’s top headline act in the municipal bond primary market as issuers in Arizona and Oregon prepare to sell $650 million of industrial and economic development revenue bonds.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for January fell to negative 0.43 from a downwardly revised positive 0.05 in December.

IHS Markit Ipreo forecasts weekly bond volume will increase to $4.9 billion.

The December index value was down 0.7% from November.

The SLGS window could be closed for weeks or even months, a bad result for issuers who need access to them.

Issuers in the Northeast sold $95.5 billion of municipal bonds in 2018, off 21.3% from 2017 with an even more pronounced fourth-quarter drop.