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Deputy Assistant Treasurer for Debt Management, Department of the Massachusetts State Treasurer

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Chiang, a Democrat, is running for governor in 2018.

CFO Jack Wetzler said analysts’ emails were accidentally overlooked, prompting the negative rating action.

Effort to help Puerto Rico hampered by logistics, such air traffic control system damage.

Top-shelf municipal bonds finished Monday mostly unchanged, as municipal market participants geared up for the busiest week since June.

Underwriters are "holding the price" for five days even if they don't need to.

The National Association of State Treasurers has tapped Vermont Treasurer Beth Pearce as its next president.

Minnesota hits the market Wednesday with $847 million of debt amid uncertainty over a budget feud.

Rules implementing the Volcker Rule should exempt the traditional TOB structure, SIFMA says.

The Westlands Water District’s decision won’t spell the end for the California WaterFix plan, Fitch Ratings said.

Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico is a credit negative for Assured Guaranty and National Public Finance Guarantee Corp., Moody’s Investors Service said.

The rating agency calls on the commonwealth to match recurring revenues with expenses.

Mitchell Katz will continue the reorganization plan for the beleaguered city unit, said the mayor.

The primary muni market is set to break the pattern of low and slow volume and give market participants a variety of options to put their money to work. The timing of the almost $10 billion in weekly volume will help close the third quarter on a high note.

The toll revenue bond deal will put the authority's debt under one indenture.

While he doesn’t “see much risk of an outsized breakout in inflation,” Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said Monday he is concerned that inflation expectations are too low.

Top-shelf municipal bonds were mostly steady around lunchtime on Monday, as municipal market participants are gearing up for the busiest week in a while.