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Municipals were slightly firmer Thursday amid another busy day in the primary market, which saw a $1.1 billion deal from the North Texas Tollway Authority price and $850 million of general obligation bonds from Massachusetts sold in the competitive market. U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities were mixed. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Thursday was at
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One third of bridges in the U.S. need to be repaired or replaced. But federal infrastructure dollars are helping states chip away at that number, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s latest annual bridge report. “‘Slow and steady’ describes ongoing state efforts to reduce the number of bridges in poor condition (“structurally
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South Dakota voters will determine the fate of Initiated Measure 28, which would eliminate the state sales tax on groceries. Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Utah, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia have eliminated or reduced this tax, according to the Urban Institute Tax Policy Center.  “Grocery taxes are regarded as a regressive form of taxes, and cutting
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New Hampshire faces questions familiar to many states: whether it’s funding schools enough and whether its method of funding is acceptable.  But the state’s hostility toward creating statewide income or sales taxes and legal precedents add some wrinkles. Challenges to the state’s education funding worked their way through the courts until a Superior Court judge
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File photo Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage demand is now heavily skewed toward refinancing, as interest rates declined for the fifth straight week. Total mortgage application volume rose just 1.6% last week, compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest rate
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In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images More than half of Tiger 21’s members don’t invest in Nvidia, according to a recent asset allocation report released by this network of ultra-high-net-worth investors and entrepreneurs. The network’s second-quarter asset allocation report revealed that 57% of its
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Municipals were little changed to firmer in spots Tuesday as U.S. Treasury yields fell while equities sold off to start September. “With August now behind us, munis continued the summer rally with [the month] returning 0.79%, pushing year-to-date gains to 1.30%,” said Jason Wong, vice president of municipals at AmeriVet Securities. This marked the first
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China’s troubled housing market will continue to see softness as a slew of government stimulus and support measures have not been “satisfactory” in propping up the sector, according to a JPMorgan economist. The “housing market crash is still not over yet,” Haibin Zhu, chief China economist at JPMorgan told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” Monday, adding
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