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While municipals were little changed, broader markets remain focused on Jackson Hole and speculating what will be said about tapering.

The transition should not affect state credit, said John Ceffalio, senior research analyst for municipals at CreditSights.

U.S. Treasuries gave little direction Monday, holding ratios and yields steady, leading most participants to argue both are satisfactory to ride out the summer.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told senior White House advisers that she supports reappointing Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that greatly increases his chance for a second term.

The MTA budgets 16 months for environmental review of the tolling project for Manhattan's central business district.

That's not a bad idea despite the crumbling condition of a key stretch of the highway, says NYU Rudin Center Director Mitchell Moss.

New York's governor, embroiled in a sexual-harassment scandal, will step down in two weeks, in a move that could affect the state-run MTA, a major bond issuer.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that by the end of this year, monthly price changes will be running at a level consistent with the Federal Reserve’s target, even if year-over-year numbers continue to show uncomfortably high inflation.

Pitfalls loom despite improved bond ratings and an improving fiscal picture, according to members of the state's fiscal control board.

New York's governor denied allegations by state Attorney General Letitia James' office that he engaged in unwanted groping and comments of a sexual nature.