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With the future of advance refundings and private activity bonds up in the air, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided to take action and advance refund debt while they still can. Given the uncertainty, the MTA’s move could be repeated by many other issuers in position to do so, elevating issuance for the rest of the year.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $45 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority heads to market on Monday with the week’s biggest deal — a $2 billion green bond offering.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 1.2% in October.

The U.S. economy is heading into 2018 with strong momentum that’s likely to boost wages and inflation more broadly, requiring the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates four times next year, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists said in a research note.

The Cook County, Ill., board will vote on a fiscal 2018 budget Tuesday, the same day as Chicago.

Muni volume gets a boost during the Thanksgiving holiday week as one of the nation's biggest issuers comes to market with a type of deal that may be banned after this year under pending tax reform legislation.

The state's high court sided with Gov. Mark Dayton in a dispute threatening the appropriation backing one COP financing.

Ardmore City Schools may reintroduce the proposed bond measure that failed on Tuesday night.

A state-devised board that has governed the city’s school distressed district for 16 years voted to dissolve.

Ramos had been under fire over his management of disaster response and contract and hiring practices.

The municipal bond market is looking ahead to the Thanksgiving week’s $4.2 billion new issue calendar, which is headlined by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion green bond offering.

Mehran Tazhibi agreed to pay a $10,000 fine and be suspended for two months.

Texas also would get less funding than it says it needs in the White House request, set to be made on Friday.

While muni advocates may have an opportunity to defend private activity bonds and deductions favorable to the market, both Houses of Congress appear to be aligned on banning advance refundings.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "slowed slightly but remained solid, and optimism for future activity remained high."

The commonwealth's investor conference struck an upbeat tone, thanks to its Boston economic growth and an oversubscribed bond sale.

After a busy week filled with many new deals, the municipal bond market is looking ahead to the Thanksgiving week’s calendar, which is headlined by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion green bond offering.

The House approved its version of tax reform by a vote of 227-205.

The pace of housing starts rebounded by 13.7% to a 1.290 million seasonally adjusted annual rate in October, well ahead of expectations for a 1.190 million pace.