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The municipal bond market and its participants are ready for what they are hoping is a busier and better week than the last.

Consumers’ inflation expectations held for the short-term, but ticked up for three years, as respondents expect the unemployment rate to climb.

Tim Schaefer will remain California's deputy director of public finance under Fiona Ma.

Illinois and Chicago will be this week's headliners as the state comes under new leadership while the city sells the biggest municipal bond deal of the week — a $551 million offering from the Sales Tax Securitization Corp.

A city task force has restored nearly $40 million in unreconciled cash accounts that was driven largely by duplicate debt service entries.

After a lackluster week, the muni market is hoping to get back on track.

Jared Polis vowed to find solutions to the underfunding of the state's transportation system.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell voiced concern that the central bank’s bond purchases were distorting financial markets and pushed for an early start to reducing them back when he was a governor in 2013.

Gov. Nathan Deal, who leaves office Monday, said incoming state revenues were down 4.5% in December compared to 2017.

Municipals were mostly stronger Friday ahead of next week’s $6.4 billion new issue calendar.

The estimated $1.1 billion project stands to be the biggest highway undertaking in Boston since the controversial Big Dig.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and New York Fed President John Williams were among policy makers who in 2013 urged against referring to a government shutdown in the central bank’s post-meeting statement.

MSRB board members and staff are slated to participate in eight events between next month and May.

The mayor said a millionaire’s tax, a transportation bond act, and congestion pricing could be used to help fund the nation's biggest subway and bus system.

The MSRB is hoping to help the market comply with the soon-to be-effective disclosure rule amendments.

Jaresko demands an update by Jan. 18.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said the central bank should be ready to adjust monetary policy if headwinds to the economy from financial markets or global growth prove persistent.

The governor said his proposed fiscal 2020 budget represents a 4% increase over this current budget, of which 80% is one-time costs.

Bond buyers gave the $1.65 billion San Francisco airport deal a mixed reception on Thursday as municipal bonds were mostly stronger.

Moody’s Investor’s Service said the shutdown “has had minimal impact on municipal credits,’’ but warned that “economic disruption will grow as the shutdown lingers.”