Andrew Ackerman

Dealers would have to submit bidding information for auction-rate securities in a set of individual data points rather than in document form under changes the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board submitted Friday on a proposed expansion of its transparency system for ARS and variable-rate demand obligations.

WASHINGTON — This month is a significant milestone for the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, marking its one-year anniversary as the sole official repository for muni issuers’ continuing disclosure documents.

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators would spend months, if not years, implementing the sweeping changes to the municipal market that were outlined in the financial regulatory reform legislation finalized by House and Senate negotiators late last week.

WASHINGTON — Financial regulatory reform legislation that House and Senate lawmakers hope will be ready for President Obama's signature at the end of the week is expected to authorize sweeping changes to the way the municipal market is regulated.

WASHINGTON — Financial regulatory reform legislation that House and Senate lawmakers hope will be ready for President Obama's signature at the end of the week is expected to authorize sweeping changes to the way the municipal market is regulated.

WASHINGTON — House and Senate conferees reached an agreement early Friday morning to reconcile competing versions of financial regulatory reform legislation, concluding their negotiations after a marathon final day of debate.

WASHINGTON — New orders of durable goods fell 1.1% in May, a decline that matched economist estimates and was driven mostly by reduced transportation equipment orders, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON – New orders of durable goods fell 1.1% in May, a decline that matched economists’ estimates and was driven mostly by a decline in transportation equipment orders, the Commerce Department reported today.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board launched a redesigned website this week with new content and features, better navigation, and a contemporary style that aims to provide improved access to information about MSRB rules, market disclosures, and data collected and disseminated by the board.

WASHINGTON — The inclusion of a free, real-time feed of municipal bond ratings on the Electronic Municipal Market Access system has long been a goal of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, which operates the disclosure and transparency portal.

WASHINGTON — The inclusion of a free, real-time feed of municipal bond ratings on the Electronic Municipal Market Access system has long been a goal of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, which operates the disclosure and transparency portal.

The two Democrats leading the House-Senate conference working to hammer out a single financial regulatory reform bill stressed yesterday that conferees need to wrap up their work by tomorrow to ensure passage of the bill through each chamber next week, before lawmakers break for the July 4 recess.

WASHINGTON — House and Senate conferees meeting to hammer out a financial regulatory reform bill appear to have reached an agreement that would allow the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to regulate financial advisers and other market intermediaries.

WASHINGTON — Led largely by an increase in the deficit on goods, the imbalance in the U.S. current account rose in the first quarter to $109 billion from a revised $100.9 billion in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON — House and Senate conferees meeting to hammer out a financial regulatory reform bill appear to have reached an agreement that would allow the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to regulate financial advisers and other market intermediaries.

WASHINGTON - Led largely by an increase in the deficit on goods, the imbalance in the U.S. current account rose in the first quarter to $109.0 billion from a revised $100.9 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, the Commerce Department reported this morning.

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission is stepping up its enforcement efforts in the municipal securities market for the first time in more than a decade, with a staff of roughly 30 attorneys charged with investigating and trying muni and public pension fund cases.

House conferees meeting to hammer out compromise financial regulatory reform legislation potentially handed the Securities and Exchange Commission at least two significant victories yesterday: the authority to self-fund its operations without annual appropriations from Congress and the authority to register and regulate municipal financial advisers.

WASHINGTON — The producer price index declined 0.3% in May as it was dragged down by a 1.5% decrease in energy prices, the Labor Department reported yesterday. It was third drop for the wholesale pricing gauge in the past four months.

WASHINGTON - The producer price index in May declined by 0.3%, led lower by a 1.5% decrease in energy prices, the Labor Department reported today.