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The White House is considering more than a half-dozen candidates to be the next head of the Federal Reserve, including economists and business people, with a goal of filling out a depleted board with expertise ranging from financial regulation to community banking, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Municipal bond traders on Friday are looking ahead to next week’s new issue calendar, which will be dominated by big bond deals from New York City and Maryland.

New York Fed President William Dudley reiterated the need to continue raising interest rates while conceding the inflation model may be need a rethink.

The offering follows the resolution of legal challenges to toll rate increases.

Mayor Luke Bronin told Gov. Dannel Malloy and lawmakers that Chapter 9 for Connecticut's capital is inevitable if the state cannot pass a budget.

Lower-rated issuers like Puerto Rico have been slower to rebound from past natural disasters, municipal analysts said.

Gov. Bruce Rauner says he will act to authorize $6 billion of borrowing to knock out overdue bills.

Top-rated municipal bonds finished stronger on Thursday, traders said, as the week’s largest deal came to market — the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s $583 million sale.

Public retirement plans are walking a tightrope with high-yield return strategies, Moody's said.

Gradual rate hikes are likely to remain necessary, and the normalization of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet should not cause a “sudden or sizable increase in long-term yields,” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Thursday.

Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, as the week’s largest deal came to market — the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s $554 million sale.

The Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday to advance the nominations of Randal Quarles to serve as the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman for supervision and Joseph Otting to be Comptroller of the Currency, taking key steps toward President Donald Trump’s goal of reshaping regulation of Wall Street.

The Democratic mayoral candidates debated the city's resilience level as more hurricane activity looms.

The MSRB is now providing market-wide data on the most active securities and issuers.

Municipal bond traders are set to see the week’s largest deal come to market on Thursday — the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s $595 million offering.

A U.S. district court on Tuesday rejected that bond insurer Ambac Financial was liable for allegedly overly optimistic and misleading statements it had made about its insured Puerto Rico bonds.

Top-quality municipal bonds ended mixed on Wednesday as the big Honolulu and Pennsylvania sales hit the screens.

The transportation package limits bonding to $400 million.

They say a report shows state could shave billions off interest costs if it borrows to pay down the state's unpaid bill backlog.

Lloyd Blankfein, who was Gary Cohn’s boss for more than a decade at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., endorsed his former deputy’s qualifications to run the Federal Reserve.