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While the Federal Open Market Committee will raise interest rates a total of three or four times this year, interest rates will remain low by historical standards.

The commonwealth expects to come to market Wednesday with a competitive issuance.

Bills that stripped territory from Stockbridge without apportioning its debt are credit negative for Georgia local governments and could impose higher borrowing costs.

Municipal bonds turned weaker on Tuesday as a wave of deals swept into the market.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan cautioned against policy actions that would push short-term borrowing costs above longer-term yields and said the U.S. central bank should move gradually with its plan to raise interest rates.

The loss of advance refunding hurts community control and stymies local infrastructure investment.

The value of business inventories in March was roughly unchanged, below the 0.1% gain expected by analysts.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes grew again as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index climbed to 70 in May from a downwardly revised 68 in April, first reported as 69.

U.S. retail sales rose for a second month in April in broad fashion as bigger after-tax paychecks helped compensate for rising fuel costs, signaling consumer demand was off to a good start this quarter.

Prices paid remain elevated, while business activity improved, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, suggested.

Richard Clarida, President Donald Trump’s nominee for vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, will tell U.S. lawmakers he would support policies that take a “balanced approach” to achieving the Fed’s goals of maximum employment and price stability.

Healthcare giant Catholic Health Initiatives now has a stable outlook on its Baa1 rating from Moody's Investors Service.

Ball State University's takeover of the troubled Muncie Schools will come as soon as July 1.

Raising its $15 million borrowing cap on local projects would smooth Minneapolis' borrowing process on more expensive projects.

The effort by bondholders to work together is seen as a "positive development," though their plan was quickly rejected by the government.

Using bond proceeds to fund a Jobs program would be illegal, says Barbara Parker, Oakland's city attorney.

A vote by California energy commissioners to require solar panels on new homes is credit negative for utilities, Moody's said.

Progress is being made by some states and cities while Congress is independently making incremental progress on airports and water projects, according to infrastructure experts.

Municipal bonds were mixed on Monday as buyers awaited the almost $10 billion of supply set to hit the market this week.

Citing risks to all of the state's pension funds, Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed legislation to enable a spinoff of the state’s Police and Firemen's Retirement System.