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Daryl Clements, Portfolio Manager of Alliance Bernstein, discusses strategies for sound performance in tobacco, healthcare, senior living, and stressed entity bonds. He focuses on the importance of spreads to relative value. In the wrap up, he focuses on the benefits of active versus passive management. Hosted by John Hallacy.

Houston's outlook from Moody's Investors Service was boosted to stable from negative.

Chicago officials want to highlight the distinctions between the highly rated new securitization and the city's general obligation bonds.

More transparent communication on monetary policy intentions is effective and probably here to stay, according to four of the world’s most-powerful central bankers.

In a rare public admission of frustration, Janet Yellen chided fellow Federal Reserve policy makers who breach the carefully nurtured collegiality of the bank by staking out policy positions before bothering to hearing the views of their colleagues.

Public school systems will face financial tests if the state seeks to reduce school aid or increase pension contributions, according to S&P.

Writing off soft inflation, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President and CEO Raphael Bostic believes gradual rate increases will remain appropriate for the “next couple of years,” but tax reform "could move the needle."

Issuers of conduit debt would lose their primary purpose if Congress eliminates private activity bonds.

Competitive sales from the states of Washington and Wisconsin and negotiated deals from New York and Illinois issuers dominated Tuesday’s new issue slate.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $50 billion of four-week bills at a 1.045% high yield, a price of 99.918722.

New York and Illinois deals top Tuesday’s new issue slate as municipal bond traders get ready to gobble up some deals in the primary.

President Donald Trump is seeking a qualified candidate and not necessarily a Ph.D. economist to serve as Federal Reserve chairman nominee Jerome Powell’s vice-chair.

Final demand PPI rose 0.4% in October, well above the 0.1% expected, and was up 0.4% excluding food and energy prices.

The Federal Reserve does not need to raise the federal funds rate target, as inflation has failed to reach 2%, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Tuesday.

Federal Reserve Chair nominee Jerome Powell has likened central bank communication to a popular Far Side cartoon: A man chides his dog Ginger about rooting through the trash, but all the dog hears is “Blah, blah, Ginger, blah, blah blah.”

Central bank communications are actually quite simple, but not as simple as U.S. presidential debates, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans.

Small businesses were more optimistic in October as sales expectations grew, according to National Federation of Independent Business.

At least 355 potential tax reform amendments were filed with the Senate Finance Committee on Monday.

Many coastal governments would see budget pressure and diminished tax-raising ability, analysts said.

Below-estimate state general fund revenues complicate pension funding decisions.