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The Ohio Market Access Program is designed to lower local governments' costs when issuing short-term notes.

Action was brisk in the municipal bond market on Tuesday as several big deals were priced in the primary.

The rating agency assigns a stable outlook to the Silicon Valley city.

Moody's Investors Service cut its rating to A2 from A1.

The MSRB aims to provide considerations for firms looking at their compliance procedures.

The CFTC is set to decide how much swap activity necessitates inclusion in the swap dealer regulatory regime.

They are accused of improperly diverting newly issued municipal bonds to certain broker-dealers for a fee at the expense of retail investors.

The state's $920 million GO sale is its first since it adopted a new budget and Moody's raised its rating outlook.

Economists and rating agencies say a full-blown trade war could impact ports, logistics and agriculture.

Primary market action kicked off Tuesday as several big deals were offered to municipal bond buyers.

Moody’s cited the Pennsylvania city’s continued reliance on its 2013 utility sale to sustain operations.

Household debt increased by $82 billion in the second quarter, the 16^th quarterly gain in a row, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday.

New York's City Council approves Hudson Yards financing and regulations on e-hail ride services. Paul Burton and Chip Barnett host.

S&P last week downgraded the transportation authority, citing weak debt-service coverage.

The 107.9 reading was a tick away from the record set in July 1983, and was up 0.7 points from June.

The deadline for voting is 5 p.m. on Sept. 12.

In early December a Puerto Rico government official said that he expected the fiscal year General Fund revenues to be 25% less than budgeted.

Recommendations released by a bipartisan New Jersey panel last week aimed at attacking the state’s beleaguered finances centered largely on combating soaring pension and benefit costs.

As the nation’s most populous state with the largest economy, California could set the upper level benchmark for other large states such as Florida and New York that have not yet announced a sales tax remittance threshold.

An "anemic" first quarter gave way to a much stronger second quarter for the muni market, SIFMA found.