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Given the numerous uncertainties in the economy, gradual rate hikes remain the best course, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen said.

Top-shelf muni yields are unchanged around lunchtime according to traders, as the market is seeing a multitude of pricings coming in non-stop.

While monetary policy is not “overly easy,” Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said his mind is open about tightening.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $35 billion of four-week bills at a 0.970% high yield, a price of 99.924556.

The innovation center will occupy Providence land vacated by the relocation of I-195.

Texas service sector activity “picked up slightly in September.”

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The consumer confidence index decreased to 119.8 in September from a revised 120.4 last month.

Service sector activity “remained generally upbeat in September.”

Manufacturing in the central Atlantic region “largely unchanged in August.”

Municipal bond market participants are ready for the flood of pricings expected on Tuesday, on what should be the busiest day of the biggest volume week the market has seen since June.

Home prices rose 5.9% on an annual basis in July, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index.

The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand,” as the general business conditions index increased to 33.2 in September from 31.8 in August.

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