Southwest

Muni activity is being tempered by this week’s election focus, market sources said.

Sales tax growth in Texas grew 7.3% year-over-year to an October record of $2.6 billion, the state's comptroller said.

States have reversed deterioration found last May.

The Virginia College Building Authority competitively sold almost $215 million of tax-exempt and taxable revenue bonds.

A lack of depth in the market is partly to blame for low trading activity, according to one manager.

School vouchers in Arizona and bond measures in Colorado are among the fiscal ballot measures Southwest voters will decide Tuesday.

Municipal supply slacks off this week as bond yields continue to inch higher.

The muni market continued its recent trend of weakening everyday, while the October labor data was strong, with nonfarm payrolls jumping to 250,000 versus the expected number of 190,000.

Munis will see the last weekly issuance roll in - as the past few days hasn’t gone as planned, with rising yields and rocky market conditions causing the biggest deal of the week to postpone the deal.

The Port of Corpus Christi will team up with the Carlyle Group to finance a $1.2 billion oil export terminal designed to enhance the port's ranking as the top energy exporting hub.