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The Federal Open Market Committee cut the fed funds rate target 50 basis points to a range between 1% and 1.25%, it announced Tuesday.

The MSRB's annual fact book showed that trading volume dipped 14% year over year.

Daily report for March 03, 2020.

Eight Los Angeles agencies, with a combined $49 billion in debt, will give presentations on their projects, debt portfolios and expected new issuance.

Janet Mills’ administration wants to add protection against potential federal Medicaid using newly projected state revenues.

The rating agency will await the legislature's passage of a final budget before casting a credit judgment.

The municipal bond market is in for another action-packed week, with above-average issuance and COVID-19 still spreading rapidly.

The state's projected budget surplus was raised to $1.5 billion, but officials are cautious over risks of economic slowdown and the impact of COVID-19.

As transportation referendums loom, a case study shows the dos and don'ts of organizing a campaign.

A number of fintech firms are creating blockchain-based solutions that are able to deliver capabilities to savvy issuers, investors, and investment banks. Munis could be next.

Policymakers may not wait until their mid-month meeting and could act with other central banks.

With major projects in its future, Dallas Area Rapid Transit is making the most of record low rates in a $260 million bond sale.

Issuers tapping the market in uncertain times, but with certainty of low rates.

The longtime muni lobbyist is now BDA's vice president of policy and research, after having played a less formal role over the past year.

Daily report for March 02, 2020.

With each passing day, fears surrounding COVID-19 elevate as the equity sell-off pressed on. The biggest winners have and will continue to be muni issuers, as they are selling into a record low rate market.

SCE&G, and former SCANA executives, violated securities laws while overseeing the defunct V.C. Summer project, the SEC said.

The IRS has informally responded to a letter from NABL asking for a reduction in the high fee it charged for private letter rulings.

Taxable bonds and COVID-19 are two of the main catalysts that helped February municipal bond volume ascend to its highest level since at least 1986.

The Federal Reserve is monitoring the COVID-19 issue and its economic effects, according to a release from the central bank, attributed to Chairman Jerome Powell, released Friday.