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Prices of top-rated municipal bonds were flat at mid-session, traders said, as several big deals hit the screens.

Three forecasting models suggest inflation is likely to remain low, but not as low as early this year, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland researchers.

Despite its growing use in U.S. municipal debt, the presence of a statutory lien will not enhance a municipality's debt rating, according to Fitch Ratings in a report.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it lowered its rating on Rowlett, Texas' water and sewer system bonds to A-plus from AA-minus.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $15 billion 10-year inflation-protected notes on Thursday, July 23.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on July 21.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $24 billion 91-day bills and $26 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Initial Jobless Claims 7/4: 296,000 7/11: 285,000 7/11: 281,000 Continuing Claims 6/27: 2.327M 7/4: 2.295M 7/4: 2.215M NAHB Housing Index June: 60 July: 59 July: 60 Philly Fed Manufacturing June: 15.2 July: 12.0 July: 5.7

The Port of Seattle is set to sell nearly $600 million of bonds next week to refund outstanding debt and to finance new projects at the city's airport and other facilities.

lllinois' Senate Democrats pushed through a one-month $2.26 billion budget and overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes on $2.3 billion of spending in their fiscal 2016 budget.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded at a slower pace in July, as the general business conditions index dropped to 5.7 from 15.2 in June, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

Builders' confidence in the market for new single-family homes was steady as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index remained at 60 in July.

The tax-exempt portion of Chicago's $1.09 billion general obligation bond deals was priced Thursday morning after the taxable part came to market late Wednesday.

The New York region's service sector activity "expanded moderately," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's July Business Leaders Survey, released Thursday.

The European Central Bank announced its Governing Council held interest rates at its latest monetary policy meeting Thursday.

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