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The Chicago Infrastructure Trust has delayed to January from December the timeline for bringing its inaugural deal to the City Council for approval.

Community Medical Center in Missoula, Mont., maintained its Baa2 rating, but received a negative outlook from Moody's.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded the GOs of El Rancho Unified School District, Calif., A2 from A1 and gave the district a negative outlook.

Proceeds from two bond deals designed to keep Harrisburg, Pa., out of bankruptcy fell "well within the range" of projected revenues, said receiver William Lynch.

Hollywood, Fla.'s plan to sell $37 million of taxable bonds in January for a Margaritaville Resort that will help make Jimmy Buffett's Parrothead fans happy.

Puerto Rico is poised to adopt an overhaul of the teachers' pension system as the government defends the commonwealth's investment grade rating.

Service sector activity "softened in December," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.

Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region "continued to grow at a slightly slower pace in December," according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index remained 13 in December unchanged from 13 in November.

Sales of new single-family homes decreased 2.1% to a 464,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate in November, according to data released by the Commerce Department Tuesday.

Transportation infrastructure funding is at a crossroad in 2014, as lawmakers confront the necessity of finding ways to bolster the rapidly depleting Highway Trust Fund while supporting efforts to ensure the nation's airports and ports maintain a global economic edge.

U.S. November durable goods orders soared 3.5% in November, while excluding transportation orders rose 1.2%, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher, who will be a voting member of the policy-setting committee next year, said he argued for a $20 billion reduction in the Fed's monthly bond purchasing pace instead of the $10 billion announced last week.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Personal Income Oct.: -0.1% Nov.: +0.5% Nov.: +0.2% Consumption (PCE) Oct.: +0.4% Nov.: +0.5% Nov.: +0.5% Core PCE Oct.: +0.1% Nov.: +0.1% Nov.: +0.1% Michigan Sentiment Nov.: 75.1 Dec.: 83.0 Dec.: 82.5 Current Conditions Nov.: 88.0 Dec.: 98.1 Dec.: 97.9 Expectations Nov.: 66.8 Dec.: 75.0 Dec.: 72.1

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MMA's Matt Fabian reflects on what 2013 brought for the municipal market, which remained largely unchanged at the start of the holiday week.

Former Ohio Deputy Treasurer Amer Ahmad, recently Chicago's comptroller, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he orchestrated a kickback scheme involving state investment business.