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Chris Ryon, who manages municipal bond funds totaling $11 billion at Thornburg Investment Management, favors the safer end of the risk spectrum, keeping durations lower than usual, and maintaining higher reserve positions.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell two basis points to 3.81% from 3.83% in the previous week.

The UCLA Anderson Forecast economists discussed what impact policies proposed by the presidential candidates would have on economic growth.

Sweet Briar College saw its revenue bonds upgraded four notches, although still within junk territory, because of efforts to keep the 114-year-old Virginia women's institution open.

A second edition of Chapman and Cutler LLP’s “Municipalities in Distress” was released Wednesday four years after book’s debut.

Northern Illinois University’s Center for Governmental Studies and Department of Accountancy announced the availability of a new draft taxonomy that will enable analysts to compare financial information over time and between governmental units.

Municipal experts say the fourth quarter municipals should continue to garner strong demand from investors in the last three months of 2016.

Some strategists say they will increase credit quality and shorten duration for overall risk protection, while others are identifying premium bonds, bonds with short calls, and those with average life structures to boost yield.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. said it expanded its execution choices for its municipal bond platform to include Muni Offerings.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, rose three basis points to 3.83% from 3.80% in the previous week.