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The authority realized $534 million in present-value savings from those transactions in 2017, said finance director Patrick McCoy.

The Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target has come under attack, with alternative frameworks and changes to the standard discussed.

Service sector companies “reported moderate growth in January,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.

Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region was “slower” in January, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index declined to 14 from 20.

MacKay Municipal Managers has released its list of the top five trends to watch for in the municipal market this year.

The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand.”

Talk of selling the island's power authority comes amid its restructuring of $8.2 billion in debt.

Gov. John Bel Edwards released a spending plan for 2019 targeting health care and higher education to bridge much of the deficit.

State agencies are also holding $2.3 billion of bills that can’t be paid until lawmakers approve appropriations, the state comptroller said.

A pre-marketing wire on the Sales Tax Securitization Corp.'s $366.2 million of tax-exempts indicates the Chicago deal may see wider spreads than in its bond sale last month.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board issued a report saying its oversight of the muni market without enforcement power is among the advantages it offers as a self-regulator.

Key variables include how Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the MTA would use the roughly $1 billion projected for mass transit, New York City's role and how Albany would tweak the measure.

Although tax reform concerns pushed issuers into the market in December, CUSIP requests for the year, were lowest since 2014.

Municipal bond traders return to work with yields and the revamped Chicago deal in their sights.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December increased to 0.27 from a downwardly revised 0.11 in November.

It’s an uncomfortable topic, especially after a bruising round of accusations in the 1990s.

The city will see Monday if its retooled sales tax securitization issue is a go with the market.

"We've been playing games with the revenue estimates for decades," a former Treasury secretary tells the Oversight Board.

Muni volume in the last week of January is forecast to match that of the first three weeks combined, satisfying pent-up investor demand.

The proposed bond measure would get taxpayers to pay for lead paint abatement in California houses.