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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank will continue to gradually raise interest rates “for now’’ to keep inflation near target amid a strong U.S. labor market.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes held steady as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index remained at 68.

Neel Kashkari does not want to invert the yield curve.

Industrial production grew 0.6% in June, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday.

Prices received increased in July, as prices paid retreated from a multi-year high, while employment growth slowed.

An SEC advisory committee heard critics say the muni market is lacking in pre-trade price transparency and that hurts retail investors. But industry officials said MSRB rules have vastly improved muni market transparency.

Fitch Ratings affirmed its A-minus rating and positive outlook for toll revenue bonds issued for the South Bay Expressway.

Two researchers found the Securities and Exchange Commission and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board had different data on municipal advisor registrants with a number of MAs failing to update SEC filings.

The week's primary activity got off to a mixed start as the NYC TFA rounded up more retail orders on its big sale.

U.S. Court of Federal Claims Chief Judge Susan Braden carved a legal path for holding the federal government liable for cuts to Puerto Rico bonds.

States and localities can’t continue to postpone resolving their pension problems or they will crowd out essential services and infrastructure and lose population, Chapman Strategic Advisors managing director James Spiotto says in a paper to be delivered in Washington on Tuesday.

Illinois netted $5.7 billion more in income tax revenue last year after raising rates.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration is targeting a plan that would save more than $100 million in annual public-worker benefits as the next focus of trying to steer state finances toward better health.

The city's Public Utilities Commission is embarking on a $2.9 billion sewer upgrade plan.

Moody's Investors Service affirmed the state’s ratings and revised its outlook to stable from negative.

Dallas will issue $235 million of bonds to settle lawsuits about officers' back pay.

Municipal bond buyers are patiently awaiting sizable new issues to set the tone for the rest of the week.

The value of business inventories in May was up 0.4%, as expected by analysts.

Mayor Paul George wants to bring the city into the Act 47 workout program for struggling municipalities.

Even as debate rages in Congress about whether to slash the federal government’s role in transportation funding, the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority is coming to market with $1.2 billion of federal highway reimbursement revenue refunding notes.