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President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Reserve is making one thing clear as he prepares to testify before lawmakers: He’s not here to shake things up at the U.S. central bank.

Cities and counties will be able to form the new affordable housing districts starting in January.

With roughly two weeks to negotiate a final tax bill, using the amendments would avoid a formal conference and could save private activity bonds.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority’s senior bonds won one-notch upgrades from Moody’s Investor Service and S&P Global Ratings.

The municipal bond market focused on the burgeoning new issue calendar as participants waited for a U.S. Senate vote on tax reform, which may come before the end of this week.

The remodeling of the 22-year-old airport will add gates and update its security infrastructure.

The special purpose districts that have powered development in the Cinco Ranch area west of Houston repeatedly failed to disclose to bond investors the risk of severe flooding from the adjacent Barker Reservoir, a Houston Chronicle investigation found.

Las Cruces Public Schools officials have OK'd a measure calling for a $50 million bond election in February 2018.

Surging enrollment in the Uniondale school district — one of Long Island’s largest and poorest — is fueling a nearly $200 million bond proposal that would add more classroom space to meet the demand.

Public school districts with bonds are feeling a new urgency to try to refinance their bonds before the potential passage of a new federal tax bill.

The Long Island Power Authority received a rating reward for debt restructuring that includes several securitization deals.

The engineer who led the restoration of electrical service in New York City after Superstorm Sandy has been appointed to oversee the recovery of Puerto Rico's power grid.

The Treasury Department auctioned $34 billion of five-year notes, with a 2% coupon, a 2.066% high yield, a price of 99.688000.

Modest gains in health-care prices have kept inflation levels low, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter, released Monday.

A rate hike should be appropriate “in the near future,” said Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Rob Kaplan.

The holiday shopping season begins in earnest this week as municipal bond issuers offer buyers a slew of new tax-exempt deals as they rush to beat possible changes to the tax code for 2018.

The municipal bond market this week will keep an eye on the building new issue calendar as traders wait for the U.S. Senate to vote on a tax reform proposal which could come as early as Thursday.

The Treasury Department Monday auctioned $26 billion of two-year notes with a 1 3/4% coupon at a 1.765% yield, a price of 99.970650.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $45 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Gov. Mary Fallin said the state should not wait until the February opening of the regular legislative session to repair its budget.