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There was a slight increase in August for medium-term inflation expectations, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The Conference Board said on Monday that its Employment Trends Index rose to 110.88 in August.

Municipal bond buyers will see a varied group of issuers come to market this week, led by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Widespread use of the bid-wanted process as a price discovery tool could hurt market integrity, the MSRB believes.

The school is expanding its housing offerings as part of a strategy to attract and retain students.

The county has almost $1 billion in outstanding pension obligation bonds.

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $500 million offering tops the week's muni tote board.

Bondholders are going after the city, county officials, and a court-appointed water receiver to ensure future payments.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $885 million in August to a total of $287.949 billion.

As New Jersey considers legalizing recreational marijuana, cities want a piece of the revenue pie.

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said a solid August jobs report and growing momentum in the U.S. economy underlined her support for continued gradual interest-rate increases this year.

The top executives of FINRA, the MSRB, and some industry groups received total compensation of more than $1 million, The Bond Buyer’s latest survey of compensation levels at 23 municipal market-related groups shows.

Weekly bond volume is forecast to jump to $6.3 billion from a revised total of $2.3 billion this week.

City officials want to avoid more draconian state oversight by the new Municipal Accountability Review Board.

The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency unveiled the website ahead of a $49 million sale of fixed- and floating-rate bonds.

U.S. job gains rebounded by more than forecast in August and wages unexpectedly registered their biggest advance of the expansion.

In the week ended September 6, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 4.03% from 4.01% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage is pushing the federal government to reverse the decisions of his state's voters and courts, and block a Medicaid expansion plan.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent letters to the 12 top banks and broker-dealers that remarket variable rate demand obligations, seeking information and documents on their remarketing and rate resetting practices.

The MSRB is concerned about the fairness of so-called "pre-arranged trading," but some say it's a bit of a grey area.