Any effects from President-elect Donald Trump's stimulus policies won't be seen before next year and inflation seems tame, so the fed funds rate target can remain low, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Thursday.
"These considerations suggest that the policy rate can remain fairly low in 2017," he said, according to prepared text of a speech released by the Fed.
A combination of a "stronger-than-expected economy, higher Treasury rates, robust supply, and rich valuations resulting in choppy markets" have made the trading environment in H124 "quite difficult," according to Barclays.
Two rating agencies upgraded Los Angeles Unified School District's bond ahead of multi-billion dollar refunding.
The Basel III Endgame proposal to restructure capital holding levels comes under fire.
Friday price talk for the unrated tax-exempt paper was between 11% and 15%.
The board approved that step at its second quarter board meeting held this week.
The Inflation Reduction Act, affordable housing and clean energy were among the topics discussed at Baker Tilly's DevelUP conference in Chicago this week.
