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Muni rates and ratios have benefited from macro themes driving rates lower, according to a report released Monday.

As the board wrangles with local officials over the budget, neither the federal courts nor the executive branch have taken action to address a legal challenge to its authority.

The pinch comes from shrinking enrollment, rising tuition, falling state support and new barriers to international students.

A Chicago area broker-dealer agreed to pay a $25,000 to settle FINRA charges that it relied on alternative trading systems and failed to maintain its own risk-management controls.

Climate change will cause growing losses to infrastructure and property and slow economic growth, making it “relevant” to Federal Reserve policymakers.

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

Investors will see municipal bonds of all stripes and shapes hit the market this week, with high-grades and high-yields competing with tax-exempt and taxable, all pricing into a declining yield environment amid recession worries.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for February fell to negative 0.29 from an upwardly revised negative 0.25 in January.

Neighbors, who specializes in P3s, is a partner in the firm’s Atlanta office.

Glitches in California's electronic financial system are delaying annual financial reporting documents, said Controller Betty Yee.

Almost $9 billion of municipal bonds are coming to market with deals from a variety of issuers to quench the thirst of buyers experiencing a supply drought.

The MSRB plans to roll out changes to simplify the submission process on EMMA.

The city will bring $700 million of GO bonds in a tight window after an Illinois deal and before the city's mayoral runoff election.

The federal government ran a $234.0 billion deficit in February, the Treasury Department reported Friday.

A 2018 high court decision has been positive for state and local government budgets, but not as much a boost as some of the estimates had predicted.

Plans call for four Metro-North Railroad stations along an underused rail line in the East Bronx, with an eye toward real-estate value capture.

The deal received $3 billion in orders, allowing the finance team to trim yields.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 3.96 from 3.99% the week before.

Municipal bonds remained stronger on Thursday as deals from Indianapolis and California issuers came to market.

A motion in Title III bankruptcy court by holders of $4 billion of PBA bonds may thwart an effort by the Oversight Board to nullify $6 billion of general obligation bonds.