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The impact of both presidential candidates' fiscal promises around taxation and spending could have dramatic effects on the Federal Reserve's outlook for monetary policy, which has become more aggressive toward rooting out inflation.

Issuers in Southwest states led by Texas are hoping voters will approve billions of dollars of bonds in Tuesday's election.

Investors should "brace themselves" for further volatility, as uncertainty is likely to remain, said Tom Kozlik, managing director and head of public policy and municipal strategy at HilltopSecurities.

Potential new Senate Finance Committee Chair Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, has suggested a potential workaround to offset the cost of extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

October's roundup of pressing items in the bond markets includes a spate of lawsuits involving municipal bonds, issuers weighing in on the Financial Data Transparency Act and more.

A rule change allowing non-profits to cash in green energy credits presents both opportunities and challenges.

The Philadelphia-based university straddles the higher education and healthcare sectors, but market demand suggests it's greater than the sum of its parts.

The Federal Reserve began cutting rates in September. The December meeting is its last of 2024. Will the cutting continue, or will there be a pause? Doug Peta, Chief Strategist, U.S. Investment Strategy, at BCA Research, discusses the meeting and future policy.

Pressure on the state budget level is being felt by both the University of California and California State University systems.

October's "price path has created wider spreads but also brought higher yields that are now in the range where a broader audience may begin to take notice," said NewSquare Capital Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Kim Olsan, noting higher taxable equivalent yields for different tenors of the yield curve.

The results of the Nov. 5 polls will address many key municipal market policies.

Nearly six thousand seats are up for grabs in state tilts, along with 14 bond issues.

Large measures to authorize or support bonds are on the menu in several of the region's largest cities and suburbs.