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Municipal bonds were stronger at midday, holding onto hefty gains made earlier in the week as the last of the week’s larger deals came to market.

Alan Rechtschaffen, portfolio manager at UBS Financial Services, discusses how the Federal Reserve is working to normalize rates amid a shortage of members, and the nominees to fill those empty seats. Gary Siegel hosts.

The April Midwest Economy Index climbed to 0.53 from an unrevised 0.52 in March, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Thursday.

The Securities and Exchange Committee said its Investor Advisory Committee might made a recommendation related to enhanced municipal and corporate bond disclosure.

The MSRB's controversial commentary about selective disclosure got some support from a top SEC official on Wednesday.

Mayor Bill de Blasio raised both the goal for contract awards to minority and women owned businesses and the amount the firms can borrow.

Municipals participated in a safe-haven trade on Wednesday following the Treasury-led rally on Tuesday.

The U.S. economy expanded moderately through much of April and May, with little indication of overheating, a Federal Reserve survey showed.

State-owned utility Santee Cooper received two subpoenas that appear to focus on a secret assessment report about the foundering project.

Investors, already frustrated with the lack of progress since PROMESA was passed, face at least another two years before most debt payments will resume.

Municipal bonds on Wednesday added on to the gains made during Tuesday’s rally.

Texas service sector activity “accelerated sharply in May,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.

The 13-year-old Real-Time Transaction Reporting System has undergone a three-year re-engineering process.

What's in the next Illinois budget is more important to S&P Global Ratings than whether it is passed soon.

Scott Evans, chief investment officer of New York City’s $194 billion of pension funds, will step down at the end of the fiscal year June 29.

Municipal bond investors reacted cautiously to the rally in Treasurys as they looked for confirmation that the new yield levels are here to stay.

Currently at least 33 states provide 113 different tax credits that are already federally deductible.

Municipal bonds were trading stronger Tuesday, with yields falling as much as five basis points, according to the MBIS benchmark scale.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “rose markedly in May,” reaching a 12-year high.

The Fed should slow its pace of policy normalization to help re-align price expectations around 2% and maintain the credibility of its inflation target, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said.