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Tracy Palandjian, CEO of Social Finance, and Herve Duteil, Chief Sustainability Officer at BNP Paribas, join Chip Barnett of The Bond Buyer to talk about the new and growing field of social impact bonds and what it is about them that appeals to both issuers and investors.

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard indicated she favors ending the process of normalizing the U.S. central bank’s balance sheet in 2019.

Vineyard Wind is looking to arrange financing for a $2.15 billion phase of the project by October, people said.

The value of business inventories in November was down 0.1% from October vs a 0.2% gain expected by analysts.

While public corporations are required to file an annual audit within 60 days after the close of the year, municipal bond borrowers often take close to triple that time or longer.

The January producer price index data was weaker than expected, falling 0.1% overall. However, there was a 0.3% gain excluding food and energy.

Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week and remain elevated compared with recent trends, a sign of possible residual effects of the partial government shutdown.

U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in December, posting the worst drop in nine years in a sign of slower economic momentum at year-end amid financial market turmoil and the government shutdown.

The federation issued its suggested budget roadmap Wednesday, ahead of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's first budget release.

An unexpected tax appeal settlement with Atlantic City's Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will steer financial resources away from the city's recovery efforts.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had a lot to say about what she wants to do but no details on how to pay for it.

Municipal CUSIP requests increased in January on a year-over-year basis as new deals swarmed into the market.

Governance and economics, rather than cutting benefits, are increasingly seen as key to solving pension funding woes.

The federal government ran a $13.5 billion deficit in December, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.

A $12.5 billion rainy day fund protects Texas from the next recession, said Comptroller Glenn Hegar, who wants to invest the fund into productive assets.

Federal Reserve officials are getting their stories straight on the U.S. economy.

If the economy moves as expected, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker expects one rate hike this year and one next year.

More new supply hit the screens led by general obligation deals from the District of Columbia and Delaware.

Ned Lamont says his initiative could cut Connecticut’s borrowing by 39%, or hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

Labor market “activity declined modestly and momentum remained high in January,” as the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Labor Market Conditions Indicators (LMCI) slid to 0.97 from 1.06 in December, the Bank said Wednesday.