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Liz Miller, president of Summit Place Advisors, talks about what her clients look for — and what they need — when they buy municipal bonds. She also looks at what clients should look for in 2018. Chip Barnett hosts.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes remained high in March

The Federal Reserve’s independence and monetary-policy approach had a White House ally in Gary Cohn. His successor Larry Kudlow may be a different story.

U.S. import prices rose 0.4%, rising for the seventh consecutive month in February, with increases in all categories except fuels and lubricants and nonmetals related to durable goods.

Manufacturers report continued growth in March, but this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business also showed signs of cost pressures.

Initial claims U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by 4,000 to 226,000 in the March 10 week, slightly below the 228,000 level expected.

Firms are paying more for supplies, but aren’t really passing those increases on to consumers, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey suggested.

Democrats are frustrated that President Trump's infrastructure plan would require state and local governments to come up with the majority of funds for infrastructure projects.

New York City Transitional Finance Authority was able to cut yields amid healthy demand for its $1 billion bond sale Wednesday, as a drop in CUSIP requests signaled the supply drought may continue.

With its accreditation no longer at risk, College of DuPage got an upgrade from S&P Global Ratings.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s proposal, which leaves room to pay as little as 8% of debt service, is too rosy in its economic assumptions, two economists said this week.

The county's Moody's rating reached A territory for the first time in almost six years.

Detroit's plan to pay off some bankruptcy-related debt early should save $11.7 million.

Some states don't remit all of the sales tax funds that are due to local governments from e-commerce retailers.

Natchez moved a step closer toward the refinancing of more than $7 million in debt on the Natchez Convention Center, though one citizen voiced concerns Tuesday regarding the process.

Chicago-based banker Kevin Hoecker is following his former boss to Wells Fargo.

Voters in the West Ada School District approved a $95 million bond and approved a renewal of a $14 million levy on Election Day.

Jefferies priced the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1 billion of building aid revenue bonds and competitively sold $75 million of taxables.

A federal judge dismissed a suit over Buena Vista’s bonds, but an appeal will put the city's moral obligation pledge on trial again.

Voters delivered mixed results Tuesday in two of three South Jersey school districts on whether to approve bond-issue borrowing for big-ticket improvement projects.