Investments

Primary municipal bond market volume is expected to inch up to $7.3 billion, as analysts expect the muni market to stay on a path of suppressed supply and deep demand.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.494 billion in July to a total of $251.081 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Friday.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- The city ended 2016 with a deficit, affirming Mayor Tony George's warning that the $51.5 million general fund budget he inherited upon taking office last year would not balance.

The city of Mineral Wells now has a plan for its bond program, one that will give voters two opportunities to decide the projects they would like to see completed.

The Sherman Independent School District's Citizens Advisory Committee agreed on a minimum $170 million bond package.

Keeping the seven priorities for a potential bond proposal in place, Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Tom Crowe told bond advisory committee members Thursday the possible cost has been reduced.

With a new school year around the corner for Chisholm Public Schools comes the need for expansion of the district.

Road-related revenues are not keeping pace with the demand for highway and transit improvements.

Revenue volatility and bond-rating agency opinions can complicate states' rainy-day planning.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shook up their leadership as they battle to reverse deterioration in the region's transit systems.

Hawaii Gov. Ige appoints Masuda to first deputy at Department of Land and Natural Resources

Municipal bonds turned weaker at midday as the market looks ahead to next week’s healthy new issue calendar.

The state's lawmakers ended their squabble over the car-tax phaseout

The move, approved unanimously by the Board on Friday, sets up a conflict with the island's leaders.

"This is deeply troubling," treasurer Joe Torsella said of the commonwealth's revenue situation

The rating agency cited a liquidity boost from its sewer-system sale.

Little activity is expected in the municipal bond market ahead of next week’s new issue slate.

In the week ended Aug. 3, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index was unchanged at 4.02% from the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

Top quality municipal bonds ended stronger on Thursday, traders said, as the last of the week’s big deals hit the screens.

The Terre Haute Board of Sanitary Commissioners on Tuesday began an $85 million bond issue for the second phase of a long-term combined sewer overflow plan.