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The Midwest Economy Index declined to negative 0.09 in September from positive 0.08 in August.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board will discuss revising the commonwealth government’s and its semi-autonomous entities’ fiscal plans Tuesday morning.

Municipals were firmer on Monday, as market participants awaited the week's first issues from Montgomery County, Md., and Phoenix.

The end of the probe was disclosed in offering documents for a $67 million refunding deal.

The Treasury Department expects to borrow $275 billion in the fourth quarter, it announced Monday.

Wall Street profits were up 33% from the year-earlier period, according to New York's state comptroller.

The city of Holland may have a plan to pay down its unfunded pensions.

A lawsuit seeking to halt construction of the Windy Gap Firming Project's Chimney Hollow Reservoir would not necessarily affect Longmont's proposal to sell $36.3 million in bonds to help cover Longmont's share of the project's costs — if voters approve that measure.

A sales tax increase to pay for a Tazewell County jail is still being collected although the building was paid off in 2011.

The MSRB backed off an effort to write a new rule on minimum denominations and will modify proposals on CUSIP numbers and muni fund securities.

The $145 million initiative is intended to fortify the Rockaway Peninsula.

The Treasury Department Monday sold $50 billion 37-day cash management bills at a 1.030% high tender rate.

The statewide total exceeds the previous record of $9.1 billion in November 2015.

Municipal bonds were little changed in midday activity as the market gets ready to see nearly $7 billion of new paper.

President Donald Trump plans to announce his choice for the next Fed chairman on Thursday, the day before he departs for a trip to Asia, a White House official said.

The Federal Open Market Committee meets in Washington this week amid uncertainty over who will lead the Central Bank. What do higher interest rates and a possible new Fed head this mean for the municipal bond market going forward?

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher on Monday, as the three-months incurred a 1.130% high rate, up from 1.105% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 1.260% high rate, up from 1.245% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $50 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “expanded at a faster pace in October,” according to the monthly Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

Municipals were little changed in early activity as the market gets ready to see almost $7 billion of new paper come its way this week, led by issuers from Virginia and Maryland.