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The University of Michigan's final January consumer sentiment index reading was 95.7.

The New York economy started 2018 with a bang as the current conditions index surged to a level not seen in more than a decade.

The January employment report released Friday showed nonfarm payrolls rose by a stronger-than-expected 200,000.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, rose to 3.94% from 3.88% last week.

The city ended fiscal 2017 with a $53 million surplus, marking its third straight budget surplus since exiting bankruptcy.

The municipal bond market is still coming to terms with the full implications of the newly passed tax legislation, according to participants at a panel on tax reform at the Bond Buyer’s National Outlook Conference

Acknowledging budget clouds in Washington and Albany, Mayor Bill de Blasio said his spending plan aims to make New York 'the fairest big city in America.'

Municipal bankruptcy expert James Spiotto said courts have ordered that special revenue bonds be paid in midst of bankruptcy.

Worries about a future interest rate hike couples with a rise in Treasury issuance pressured muni yields Thursday.

A joint transportation committee is the first of two panels to approve issuing $600 million of grant anticipation revenue vehicle bonds.

The sanctions involved eight transactions of Alaska bonds issued in 2015 and FINRA found the firm had inadequate supervisory procedures.

Brian Brewer will be the firm's public finance director following the retirement of longtime manager Keith Kolb.

California is still decades away from prefunding retiree health benefits liability, said State Controller Betty Yee.

Twin Falls County may have an opportunity to bring an event center to the fairgrounds — but voters would have to give it the final OK.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch won a large note sale in the primary sector on Thursday as the market eyes bond yields, which have been on a tear since the beginning of the month.

Activists are pushing the council to submit to voters a large housing bond.

A bond issue that will finance an estimated $11 million in street improvements across the city received the final stamp of approval Wednesday from the City Council.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is making a pitch for capital investment, including a new bonding program.

New York City First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan discusses Mayor Bill de Blasio's second-term goals, how it will cope with uncertainty from Washington, its approach to transit funding and the merits of new city budget director Melanie Hartzog. Chip Barnett and Paul Burton host.

The municipal bond market is focusing its attention on Thursday on rising bond yields a day after the Federal Reserve signaled it could raise interest rates at its next meeting in March.