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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday the outlook for inflation and the U.S. labor market support further gradual interest-rate increases.

Atlantic City's state overseer sees a “major” breakthrough following a $49 million bond sale.

Municipal market participants will return to their desks next week and see a $4.8 billion new issue calendar.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s planned $10 billion redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International Airport is beginning to take shape.

Moody's threw cold water on Chicago's position that O'Hare's ratings can withstand new terminal debt.

Nonfarm payrolls saw a much softer than expected gain of 103,000 in March versus the 195,000 expected.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, dipped to 3.99% from 4.00% last week.

Traders noted some caution in the muni market ahead of Friday’s release of the March unemployment report.

The city's issuer rating from Moody's Investors Service remains mired in speculative-grade territory.

The legislation would determine the fate of the state-owned utility formally known as the South Carolina Public Service Authority.

The three islands of the USVI have received more than $1 billion in federal disaster assistance through March 27, according to FEMA spokesman Manuel Broussard.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $5.302 billion in February to a total of $272.479 billion.

After being reintroduced, Ardmore City Schools' $44 million bond election passed with 70 percent of the vote.

The bankruptcy process could take 18 to 36 months to sort out, one municipal analyst said.

Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen made a paid appearance at a forum hosted by Jefferies Group where she said she expects three to four interest-rate increases this year, Reuters reported.

Municipals were trading in sympathy with Treasuries on Thursday morning as the market remained quiet as it prepared for the week’s end.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic sees a buoyant U.S. economy lifting inflation to the central bank’s 2% target “sometime in the next quarter or two” but said he doesn’t think this should prompt the central bank to choke off the expansion.

School of the Osage succeeded in getting voter approval for $23 million bond issue that district officials say will impact every grade level and develop a cutting edge preschool program.

The project requires the passage of a $120 million bond proposal that will be decided by voters April 24.

The number of people being pushed into homelessness continues to outpace efforts to help them.