41.   Some investors said the lagging performance of tax-exempt bonds highlighted problems in the municipal market.

42.   Smith Barney fired Lissack after he publicly accused the firm of ordering him to withhold information about corruption in the municipal market from regulators.

43.   That helped to let some sun through the cloud of tax reform that has weighed on the municipal market for much of the year.

44.   The District of Columbia found a strong response to its return to the municipal market after a nearly two year absence.

45.   The municipal market steadied.

46.   The New Jersey case is part of a nationwide federal investigation of the municipal market, where states and cities borrow money to finance construction projects.

47.   The municipal market agenda will focus on compliance.

48.   The municipal market, like that for Treasuries, gained on the day.

49.   The more common opinion, Jacobson said, is that the municipal market is cheap and that there is plenty of room for prices to rise.

50.   The municipal market was quiet Friday in thin volume, with traders noting some firming of prices that had been soft for days.