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"Everyone that is in this industry relies on our technology," CEO Mark Kim said Thursday at a BDA conference in Chicago.

The MINT Act, which would enable Federal Home Loan Bank members to issue tax exempt bonds is working its way through committees in both House and Senate.

The MSRB should "eliminate all location-based concepts of supervision," SIFMA's Leslie Norwood said in a March 16 comment letter.

"A slightly less hawkish decision than had been anticipated," said Art Hogan, B. Riley Wealth chief market strategist.

There is a lot of money out there, and investors seem comfortable putting it to work.

Congressional leaders are plotting out plans to land the surface transportation reauthorization before a September deadline.

Acting Director Sam Waldon "will be a steady hand for the division during this period, including for municipal securities-related enforcement activity," said Kathleen Marcus, a partner at Stradling.

With no rate change expected, analysts are watching the new Summary of Economic Projections and the statement for insight into the panel's thinking.

The order from U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV was issued at 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday. 

A federal judge wrote in an opinion that a "mountain of evidence" suggests the subpoenas were an effort to push Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates or resign.