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The Treasury Department auctioned $28 billion of seven-year notes, with a 2 1/8% coupon and a 2.230% high yield, a price of 99.806914.

Federal Reserve chair nominee Jerome Powell said the case for raising interest rates at next month’s policy meeting is strengthening.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $45 billion of four-week bills at a 1.170% high yield, a price of 99.909000.

Financing for affordable housing projects would face new barriers if Congress approves a House GOP tax bill that eliminates the tax exemption on private activity bonds. Todd A. Lee, CEO and executive director of the D.C. Housing Finance Agency discusses the importance of the exemption to advance affordable housing projects and how the sector is fighting to preserve this tool. Hosted by Andrew Coen.

Texas service sector activity “increased again in November,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index rose to 24.4 from 19.2.

Service sector activity “continued to see strong growth in November,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.

The consumer confidence index increased to 129.5 in November from a revised 126.2 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.

Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region was “robust” in November, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index soared to 30 from 12.

Home prices rose 6.2% on an annual basis in September, not seasonally adjusted, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, released Tuesday.

The Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority and the state of Wisconsin are coming to market on Tuesday as municipal bond traders eye tax reform developments in Washington.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Reserve is making one thing clear as he prepares to testify before lawmakers: He’s not here to shake things up at the U.S. central bank.

Cities and counties will be able to form the new affordable housing districts starting in January.

With roughly two weeks to negotiate a final tax bill, using the amendments would avoid a formal conference and could save private activity bonds.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority’s senior bonds won one-notch upgrades from Moody’s Investor Service and S&P Global Ratings.

The municipal bond market focused on the burgeoning new issue calendar as participants waited for a U.S. Senate vote on tax reform, which may come before the end of this week.

The remodeling of the 22-year-old airport will add gates and update its security infrastructure.

The special purpose districts that have powered development in the Cinco Ranch area west of Houston repeatedly failed to disclose to bond investors the risk of severe flooding from the adjacent Barker Reservoir, a Houston Chronicle investigation found.

Las Cruces Public Schools officials have OK'd a measure calling for a $50 million bond election in February 2018.

Surging enrollment in the Uniondale school district — one of Long Island’s largest and poorest — is fueling a nearly $200 million bond proposal that would add more classroom space to meet the demand.

Public school districts with bonds are feeling a new urgency to try to refinance their bonds before the potential passage of a new federal tax bill.