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Top-quality municipal bonds finished stronger on Monday, according to traders, who face a smaller-than-average bond calendar and a $5.4 billion Texas note deal this week.

Moody's says the South Carolina Public Service Authority’s delay on rates is a credit negative.

Public safety threatened by removal of federal flood plain rule, engineer group warns.

Leaders with the Socorro Independent School District will seek voter approval on a $448.5 million bond measure.

A big drop-off in Texas and a decline in refundings took a bite out of the municipal bond business in the Southwest.

The Board of Regents enterprise since 2001 has saved more than $101 million by refinancing bonds — with most of those savings coming since the Great Recession in 2008, after which interest rates plummeted to the lowest in recent history.

The makeup and mission of the IRS advisory committee has changed.

Puerto Rico’s July revenues were above budget partly because of unexpectedly high non-resident withholding inflow.

Top quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, ahead of this week’s $4 billion new issue calendar.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed.

State officials say they won't permit unlimited short-term borrowing.

2017 first-half volume lagged last year's levels.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

More individuals looked for jobs, but, when extended, wage offers were lower, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s July first released labor market survey.

A state-by-state review of first half 2017 issuance in the Northeast.

The municipal bond market is looking at a smaller than average bond calendar this week, which will be dominated by the short-term note sector.

White House economic adviser Gary Cohn is emerging as the clear front-runner for the nomination to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, according to a National Association for Business Economics survey.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for July decreased to negative 0.01 from positive 0.16 in June, while the three-month moving average (CFNAI-MA3) fell to negative 0.05 from positive 0.09 in June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday.

The state of Texas is riding into the market this week with the biggest short-term deal of the year.

The development sector grew by 36% and public facilities climbed by 11%, making them the sectors that grew by the largest percentage in the first half of the year. The sectors with the biggest declines were electric power at 55% and utilities at 23%.