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S&P Global Ratings cited improved employment and demographic indicators, and projected growth in reserve levels.

Top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at midday as buyers look ahead to the big Honolulu sale set to hit the screens on Wednesday.

UBS Wealth Management Americas started to fill openings in its newly revived public finance business, with 19 employees joining the firm.

Moody's Investors Service says firmed-up state and city funding has stabilized the district's finances, for now.

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said he will resign from the Board of Governors on or about Oct. 13.

The municipal bond market on Wednesday is set for the start of the week’s new deal slate, which will see a large sale from a Hawaiian issuer hit the screens.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel will introduce an ordinance Wednesday to pave the way for the new bonds.

Puerto Rico Title III bankruptcy judge Laura Taylor Swain has decided to address the dispute between Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. bondholders prior to other Title III matters.

Investor-owned utilities are recovering quickly from the storm, the rating agency said.

If Trump nominates Robert Jackson and the Senate confirms Peirce and him, the SEC would be full.

While many would prefer the SEC's MCDC Initiative be a distant memory, late last month the SEC's Chief of the Enforcement Division's Public Finance Abuse Unit reminded issuers and underwriters alike that they will continue to be held accountable when they fail to provide investors with an accurate picture of past compliance with continuing disclosure obligations.

The Federal Reserve’s rate hikes over the past year and a half may be harming the economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel kashkari said Tuesday.

Kevin Lembo says rating agencies are poised to hammer the state and its cities again.

Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session according to traders who were returning to their desks on Tuesday and looking ahead to the week’s lighter-than-average holiday week calendar.

Municipal bond traders were returning to their desks on Tuesday and looking ahead to the week’s lighter-than-average holiday week calendar, with volume estimated at $3.86 billion.

The Federal Open Market Committee must be confident inflation will rise to the 2% target before raising interest rates again, Gov. Lael Brainard said Tuesday.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley was investigated and cleared by an outside law firm for failing to disclose his half-sister’s position as an executive at Wells Fargo & Co., according to an annual disclosure filing.

Volume in the primary municipal bond market is expected to decline to fewer than $4 billion of bonds issued, a typical slowdown following a holiday weekend.

The immense financial impact of the storm is becoming apparent.

Municipalities object to a report by Gov. Dannel Malloy's budget office that defends the level of state aid.