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Milwaukee-based Baird said it will expand its public finance footprint into new markets when it closes on the purchase next year.

Federal Reserve officials, meeting earlier this month, saw another increase in the benchmark lending rate as likely warranted “fairly soon” even while they set the stage for more flexibility in their series of gradual hikes.

Now that the SEC has approved the MSRB's proposal to require MA principals to pass a new exam, a content outline and pilot program are on the horizon.

The muni market was getting stronger yet again on Thursday, as one of the week's biggest hit the screens.

Pending home sales fell 2.6% to an index reading of 102.1 in October, after a revised 0.7% rise to 104.8 in September.

Bill Merz, a director of fixed income at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, discusses monetary policy, when the Federal Reserve may pause and the yield curve. Gary Siegel hosts.

Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits were up 10,000 to 234,000 in the Nov. 24 holiday week, well above the 220,000 level expected.

Nominal personal consumption expenditures rose 0.6% in October while core PCE prices were up 0.1% for the month, slowing the year/year rate to 1.8%.

If Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell meant to walk back a misstatement from last month, he may not have meant to walk it quite this far.

The president initiated the request for the luncheon meeting after Cuomo last month sent Trump a five-minute video showing the leaking walls and interior deterioration of the existing 108-year-old tunnel.

Larson joins the bond insurer after 35 years in the muni industry, including 20 years at Goldman Sachs.

Dearborn plans to price $35 million of bonds and Muskegon County plans $45 million.

Three of the four index components declined from September.

State lawmakers advanced a recreational cannabis legalization bill that moves the cash-strapped state closer to a new pot tax revenue stream.

A flurry of mid-sized deals priced, as the muni market firmed ahead of what should be the busiest day of the week.

The Mojave Desert city will soon be current on bonds that led the city to a bond fraud settlement with the SEC.

SIFMA and BDA responded to the MSRB's request for comment on muni indices and benchmarks, and transparency was a major theme.

Wednesday’s municipal market was firm and over $1.3 billion bid lists were circulating, according to a New York trader.

Growth in "eds and meds" has bolstered the Rhode Island capital, the rating agency said in a comparison with New Jersey's capital.

The deal clears one legal obstacle to the upcoming issuance of PABs, although two other challengers plan to pursue a federal lawsuit.