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The Treasury Department Thursday sold $5 billion of inflation-indexed 29-year 4-month bonds at a 0.908% high yield, an adjusted price of 100.838047, with a 7/8% coupon.

Municipals were mixed in secondary trading at midday as the primary saw several big transportation deals hit the screens.

The state’s high-speed rail program still faces a long journey to completion beset by lawsuits and political opponents.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $42 billion 91-day bills and $36 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was down 0.2% in September following an upwardly revised 0.4% increase in August, first reported as a 0.3% gain.

The municipal bond market will be focused on transportation issues on Thursday as the last of the week’s big competitive sales hit the screens.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in October, at a faster pace than in September.

New York mayoral candidate and former police detective Bo Dietl explains how he would make city government more effective if elected, with such initiatives as zero-based budgeting, CompStat metrics throughout all departments and reduced rates-of-return assumptions for the pension funds. Hosted by Paul Burton.

BDA is bolstering its federal legislative and regulatory policy staff.

Pension pre-funding dropped to 68% in fiscal 2016 compared to an average of 75% the year before.

MSRB worries about "pennying," "filtering," bank loans, pricing

Ned Flynn, a municipal banker for more than 30 years, passed away unexpectedly on Monday night.

Chicago relying on savings from new securitization borrowing program to help balance 2018 books.

Municipal bonds finished mixed in trading on Wednesday as issuers in New York and Massachusetts came to market.

S&P Global Ratings assigned negative outlooks to the five special purpose districts due to flood damage.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer cited pension fund gains while challenger Michel Faulkner said the incumbent doesn't stand up to mayor Bill de Blasio's spending.

Municipal bonds were trading mixed at mid-session as issuers in New York and Massachusetts hit the market with several big bond deals.

Moody’s lowered Niagara Falls’ general obligation debt to Baa3 from Baa2.

The utility in Gainesville will use bond proceeds to buy a privately owned plant to exit an above-market power purchase agreement.

W. Glenn Opel, chair of Bracewell LLP’s public finance department has been elected to the board of directors of the American College of Bond Counsel, the firm announced on Tuesday.