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Volume in the primary municipal bond market is expected to decline to fewer than $4 billion of bonds issued, a typical slowdown following a holiday weekend.

The signing of Illinois Senate Bill 1947 alleviates the uncertainty for schools created by the multiyear state budget stalemate and recent veto, Standard & Poor’s said.

The immense financial impact of the storm is becoming apparent.

The UT system will offer investors a choice of taxable or tax-exempt debt as it prices $600 million of bonds.

Municipalities object to a report by Gov. Dannel Malloy's budget office that defends the level of state aid.

Challenger Nicole Malliotakis called the post-Sandy program “one of the monumental failures” of Bill de Blasio's administration

An Alabama group wants the justices to rule on a state law backing the county’s recent refunding deal.

Posey County, Ind., agreed to give a developer tax increment revenues to repay its bonds.

Top-shelf municipal bonds were stronger in late morning activity, according to traders, who are looking ahead to next week’s holiday-light calendar. Ipreo estimates total bond volume for next week at $3.86 billion.

ECRI inflation gauge rises to 111.9 in August.

Corbally will advise endowments, foundations, pension funds, and other institutions.

The University of Michigan's final August consumer sentiment index reading was 96.8, compared to the preliminary August 97.6 and the final July 93.4, according to market sources.

Construction spending was down 0.6% in July, with a 0.4% decline in private construction and a larger 1.4% drop in public construction, data released by the Commerce Department Friday morning showed.

The overall economy grew for the ninety-ninth straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Friday.

The municipal bond market is winding up the week ahead of the three-day holiday weekend. Markets will be closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day.

The U.S. economy added fewer employees than expected in August, the jobless rate rose and wages rose less than forecast, in a break from otherwise solid progress in the labor market.

Activists protested what they called Aurelius Capital Management’s support for austerity in Puerto Rico.

In the week ended Aug. 31, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index was two basis points lower to 3.99% from 4.01% from the previous week.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board’s clash with Gov. Ricardo Rosselló escalated as the panel said one of his government's new healthcare laws may be too expensive.

The Chicago Teacher's Union threatened a lawsuit that could derail the funding package.