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Peter Hayes, head of municipals at BlackRock, says liquidity is sound and muni funds can cope with outflows. He says that among the larger factors in their daily decision-making is the status of an issuers’ pension and OPEB liabilities along with bond structure. John Hallacy is host.

Texas service sector activity “grew at a faster pace in November.”

The consumer confidence index decreased to 135.7 in November from an unrevised 137.9 last month.

Leslie Bloom joins as a senior vice president with a Solano Beach office.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman said the central bank’s gradual approach to interest-rate hikes is appropriate.

Mary Jane Darby, Rob Kanzer and James Still have over 50 years of combined experience in the industry and most recently all worked at Prager & Co. They will be working at the firm’s New York office starting later this month.

Back from the holiday break, the muni market and its investors are ready and waiting for what should be a busy week, with big, well-known names coming to market with sizable issues.

If the Nassau Interim Finance Authority signs off, the county will sell $100 million of debt in December to fund the settlements.

Michelle W. Bowman was sworn in Monday as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Fed announced.

The IRS letter ruling publicly released Friday allows floating private equity to be used for a prohibited use for a tax-exempt bond-financed airport terminal renovation.

Operators of Texas nursing homes will make another attempt to boost reimbursement rates in the 2019 Legislature as the state's "silver tsunami" gains momentum.

Acyclical factors may be responsible for core personal consumption expenditures price index inflation reaching the Fed’s 2% target in July.

As the municipal market prepares for a busy week with big-name issues coming to market, industry analysts are already looking to what 2019 might have in store.

Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, “continued to expand in November, albeit at a markedly slower pace.”

The firm, recapitalized in April, is building out its municipal market presence.

2018 hasn’t been the best or most active year but things are looking up after midterm elections, with what is expected to be a more pro-muni House. Volume this year is looking like it might be the lowest since 2011, but perhaps the new year will bring an infrastructure plan, where munis are expected to be a big component.

The choice appears to reaffirm U.S. regulators' commitment to the international standards-setting body.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for October rose to 0.24 from a downwardly revised 0.14 in September.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index fell to 4.23% from 4.28% last week.

After a week that offered under $1 billion of deals, the market will look ahead to almost $6 billion of supply.