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The Chicago Business Barometer fell to 63.9 in November from 66.2 in October.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business decreased to 59.62 in November from 63.61 in October.

Personal income rose 0.4% in October, compared with a 0.3% gain expected. At the same time, nominal PCE was up 0.3%, as expected.

Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by 2,000 to 238,000 in the November 25 holiday week, only slightly below the 240,000 level expected, data released by the Labor Department Thursday showed.

The Midwest Economy Index remained at a revised negative 0.12 in October, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Thursday.

Marvin Goodfriend, a noted economist and former Richmond Fed official, was tapped to fill one of three vacancies on the Fed board.

California lawmakers are pushing Republican leaders to restore the federal deduction for state and local income taxes in the final tax bill.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said there would be no taxpayer funding.

A tribal government specialist has replaced Allyson Belsome as head of the group responsible for muni bond audits.

The proposed ballot initiative would make Proposition 13 property tax breaks portable.

The muni market weakened Wednesday as issuers flooded into the market to beat tax reform.

The developer's transformational plan relies on roughly $250 million of bond financing.

The bonds for Florida’s Brightline train project are rated BB-minus by Fitch.

A year from now, city officials may very well be asking voters to approve a bond package, perhaps to keep fixing the potholes on your street.

Texas state pensions bear the third-highest risk of a downturn-driven "budget shock" behind Alaska and Connecticut, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Two bond measures from Pullman's Nov. 7 ballot narrowly passed validation Tuesday following a final count and certification of the results.

The precarious footing of the West Clark Community Schools Corp. has led to the board rescinding its prior vote to use general obligation bonds to address immediate heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and safety needs across the district.

Nearly all Federal Reserve districts reported modest or moderate economic growth in the past six weeks as business outlook improved and hurricane-related rebuilding pushed prices higher, the latest Beige Book survey showed Wednesday.

Dragged down by prices not sensitive to the economy, inflation should rise next year, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams says.

“Strengthened” financing agreements for the KFC Yum! Center debt, including longer taxpayer support, resulted in higher ratings.