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In the week ended August 2, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 4.01% from 3.99% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

The board declined to say what the net impact on the central commonwealth government’s finances would be.

To keep its record bond proposal below $1 billion in November, the Fort Bend Independent School District favors calling for two elections three years apart.

Municipals were mixed on Thursday as the bond markets await Friday’s release of July’s employment report.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has selected two individuals representing the public and three from regulated entities from 80 applicants to become part of its 21-member board on Oct. 1.

The suit contends the ballot measure fails to inform voters that charter schools could bypass local school districts for approval.

The project is part of efforts to bring employment, housing and public spaces to blighted corridor of Los Angeles.

Citizens Energy Group's water enterprise earned upgrades by the three major rating agencies.

Moody's shifted the outlook on RTA and CTA's $5 billion of debt as Chicago and Illinois outlooks stabilize

Municipal bond buyers saw the last of the week’s new issue supply get put away as the market’s gaze turns to next week’s volume.

Bond Buyer Reporter Christine Albano and Contributing Editor John Hallacy discuss the current landscape for retail investors who want to buy municipal bonds. They talk about what’s hot — and what’s not — and what’s up with the short-end. They also look ahead to the second half of the year. Chip Barnett hosts.

New orders for manufactured goods increased 0.7% in June, after growing an unrevised 0.4% in May, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

The New York economy surged in July, with current conditions nearly reaching future expectation levels.

Municipal bond buyers saw some supply hit the screens on Wednesday as demand stayed strong.

ArtCenter College of Design plans to price $100 million in combined refunding-new money sale.

Christian Sobrino Vega takes over directorship of the agency in charge of debt restructuring from Gerardo Portelo Franco,

The board has identified more than 110 out of 490 local units of government as having an underfunded pension plan or retirement health care plan — or both.

Strong economic conditions drove municipal sales tax collection across New York to its highest first-half increase in eight years.

City officials are concerned the plan will overshadow other bond measures on the November ballot.

CFO Carole Brown says the Windy City is being shortchanged in terms of ratings and yields.