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In the week ended Oct. 6, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose four basis points to 3.85% from 3.81% in the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.
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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.
October 6
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Democrats in the Senate and House have introduced separate bills to raise limits for both tax-exempt small issue manufacturing bonds and highway or surface freight facility bonds.
October 6
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will propose a highway funding plan to the 2017 General Assembly that includes a gas tax hike.
October 6
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The District of Columbia has paved the way for construction of a $300 million stadium for Major League Soccer's D.C. United by handing over land in Buzzard Point to the team.
October 6
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S&P Global says U.S. could rebuild its public infrastructure through the repatriation of overseas corporate earnings.
October 5
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A House Democrat from Connecticut wants to use federal funds to construct a proposed $10 billion system of interstate highway tunnels in Hartford, Conn., that the state highway department deemed too expensive.
October 4
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Virginia has the environmental clearance to go ahead with a highway project originally earmarked for P3 funding.
October 3
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In the latest installment of Muni Minute The Bond Buyer's 60-second video series that examines a top municipal market story that will have an impact in the coming week we look at the National Association of Municipal Advisors annual conference in New Orleans, where where its members will hear from industry participants on topics such as bank loans, credit rating agencies, disclosure, and public private partnerships as well as current and ongoing regulatory initiatives like Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board rules and findings from two years of examinations of muni advisors.
October 3
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Charleston County, S.C., officials cite low state road funding in asking voters for sales tax increase.
September 30
