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The consumer confidence index increased to 128.0 in May from a revised 125.6 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.

Home prices rose 6.5% on an annual basis in March, not seasonally adjusted, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, released Tuesday.

The Fed should slow its pace of policy normalization to help re-align price expectations around 2% and maintain the credibility of its inflation target, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said.

Judge said that the relevant issues include federal as well as local law.

The IRS has produced dozens of "issue snapshots" for the tax-exempt bond community, charities and non-profits, retirement plans, Indian tribal governments and federal, state and local governments.

The holiday-shortened week with the usual accompanying low issuance shouldn’t overwhelm demand, putting the municipal market in a good spot at midyear.

MCE, California's first community choice aggregator, is rated Baa2 with a stable outlook by Moody's.

Pike County's “very weak” economy, budget performance and management led S&P Global Ratings to lower its ratings.

The District of Columbia was praised for tackling the funding needs for maintaining its critical infrastructure by a rating agency concerned about deferral of such maintenance by states and local governments.

The rating agency said its new criteria only support a rating two notches higher than the state's BBB.

Council members questioned whether the "historic" levels of reserves in the mayor's $89.1 billion executive budget are really enough.

With two new casinos set to open, Atlantic City's current gambling facilities didn't keep pace with last year’s first-quarter revenue growth.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said central banks shouldn’t take their independence for granted at a time when trust in public institutions is at “historic lows,” requiring extra effort to explain both their monetary and regulatory policies.

Municipal bonds were stronger ahead of Friday’s early close as the market will be greeted with $3.4 billion of new issue supply next week.

The development of autonomous vehicles and related technology is accelerating in the Lone Star State.

City officials have big hopes for the coming decade, including building new defenses against Norfolk's ever-worsening flooding and redeveloping a 200-acre swath east of downtown that contains aging public housing communities.

The University of Michigan's final May consumer sentiment index reading was 98.0, compared to the preliminary May 98.8 and the final April 98.8, according to market sources.

The value of U.S. durable goods new orders fell 1.7% in April, a larger drop than the 1.2% decrease expected.

In the week ended May 24, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 4.02% from 4.00% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

State lawmakers approved a 10-year transportation plan that seeks an expansion of electronic tolling.