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The $17 billion restructuring plan's possible Achilles' heel: it treats Puerto Rico residents differently from those on the U.S. mainland.
January 8
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President Donald Trump renewed his complaints about Federal Reserve interest-rate increases.
January 8
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Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.105 billion in December.
January 8
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Small business optimism slipped a bit in December, but remained at historically lofty levels.
January 8
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Former Federal Reserve economist Nellie Liang withdrew from consideration for a seat on the central bank’s board of governors, the White House announced Monday.
January 8
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Municipal bonds started off the week stronger ahead of $7.8 billion of new supply.
January 7
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The bonds are secured by the power sales contract between American Municipal Power and 22 participants.
January 7
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The U.S. central bank should only raise interest rates once this year but keep going with its plan to gradually shrink the balance sheet, said Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and one of the Fed’s more dovish policy makers.
January 7
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Emily Brock, director of GFOA’s federal liaison center, said restoration of advance refundings and increasing the limit on bank qualified debt to $30 million also are among the legislative priorities for 2019.
January 7
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Chuck Schumer, New York's senior senator and Senate Democratic leader, laid out the harm the ongoing federal government shutdown is doing to the Empire State.
January 7
