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The Fed should be patient and not lift rates to restrictive levels, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said.

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said he’s concerned that any more interest-rate increases could push the U.S. economy into a recession.

Strategists sang the praises of munis Tuesday as New York and Massachusetts led a pack of new issues into the market.

It’s unclear if monthly federal subsidy payments on Build America Bonds will be made.

New York and Massachusetts issuers lead the day's big deals as new supply surged into the market.

The $17 billion restructuring plan's possible Achilles' heel: it treats Puerto Rico residents differently from those on the U.S. mainland.

President Donald Trump renewed his complaints about Federal Reserve interest-rate increases.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.105 billion in December.

Former Federal Reserve economist Nellie Liang withdrew from consideration for a seat on the central bank’s board of governors, the White House announced Monday.

Municipal bonds started off the week stronger ahead of $7.8 billion of new supply.

The U.S. central bank should only raise interest rates once this year but keep going with its plan to gradually shrink the balance sheet, said Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and one of the Fed’s more dovish policy makers.

Emily Brock, director of GFOA’s federal liaison center, said restoration of advance refundings and increasing the limit on bank qualified debt to $30 million also are among the legislative priorities for 2019.

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers jumped into the debate about negative interest rates, signing onto a paper that gives the policy a damning review.

Morgan Stanley has hired the former NPFG official as an executive director of credit analysis within the municipal capital solutions group.

Municipal enforcement cases including SEC vs. Dwayne Edwards are among those that have been halted.

Comptroller Glenn Hegar projects a record $119.1 billion of revenue heading into the 2019 legislative session.

Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session ahead of this week’s chunky new issue supply slate.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is looking to fill five spots for its Board of Directors, important roles influencing the municipal market.

The holidays are over and the muni bond market gets set to go back to work.

So-called prearranged trading has the potential to do harm to the muni market and land broker-dealer firms in trouble, according to new MSRB draft guidance.