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Tuesday opened with a positive tone in the municipal bond market with a forecast of heavy demand and strong technicals going into the reinvestment season.

Pittsburgh exited successfully from the Act 47 workout, but other communities hang around for decades.

Texas service sector activity “continued to increase in April, albeit at a slower pace than last month.”

Munis were stronger Monday as bond buyers kept an eye on the Federal Reserve policy makers' meeting.

An expansion of “backdoor borrowing” in the new New York State budget raises transparency red flags, according to Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

The MSRB will ask for market feedback on potential interpretive guidance related to a practice the board worries may impair market liquidity.

Monthly volume rose the highest in the year to date, as an increase in new-money deals partly offset a decline in refunding transactions.

Municipal bond buyers are awaiting this week’s new issue supply as they keep both eyes firmly on the Federal Open Market Committee’s monetary policy meeting.

The former presidential candidate implored New York and New Jersey to enable their cities to execute streamlined project delivery.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “rose markedly in April after posting slower growth in March.”

The Federal Open Market Committee meets this week, which means a light primary market calendar of $4.3 billion. With year-over-year core PCE seen at or near 2%, its statement will acknowledge rising inflation.

The March Midwest Economy Index climbed to 0.52 from a revised 0.41 in February, first reported as 0.44, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Monday.

Weekly municipal bond volume will be down with the Federal Open Market Committee set to meet, though no interest rate increase is expected.

New York City's executive budget came under fire for increasing spending and setting aside too little in reserves for cuts from Washington and uncertain times ahead.

Gov. Kate Brown called a special legislative session to consider the proposal.

New Jersey lawmakers expanded the scope of a bond proposal to add money for school safety.

The municipal bond market will see a light new issue calendar next week as the Federal Reserve meeting on monetary policy puts a damper on new debt issuance.

New York's mayor said hits from Albany and threats from Washington affected the city's latest spending plan.

Amid teacher protests, Colorado lawmakers have two weeks to clear a backlog of bills that include a $5 billion transportation bond authorization and a pension funding measure.

Municipal bonds steadied after sliding the previous day, as the last of the week’s new issuance came to market.