The European Central Bank announced its Governing Council held interest rates at current levels at its latest monetary policy meeting yesterday. The minimum bid rate on variable-rate refinancing operations remained 1.00%, the marginal lending rate stayed at 1.75%, and the deposit rate — the floor for euro money market rates — was left at 0.25%.
The Wall Street banks targeted in the rate-rigging lawsuit wanted the top court to overturn class certification.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking for proposals that leverage public private partnerships to solve traffic bottlenecks through the use of tolled express lanes .
"Investors typically start positioning for heavy summer redemptions in summer, so the market typically performs well enough through the first half of June and we do not believe that this year will be any different," Barclays strategists said.
The state's expectation of a deficit in the coming biennium budget was cited in the outlook revision.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said in a social media post Friday morning that the Justice Department is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, clearing a path for Kevin Warsh to be confirmed as Powell's replacement.
"Retiring these terms eliminates unnecessary ambiguities associated with their use in MSRB rules," MSRB Board Vice Chair Wendell Gaertner said.
