Washington

The House and Senate remain at least $120 billion apart on fiscal 2024 spending levels.

During its quarterly board meeting, the MSRB approved its controversial one-minute trade reporting window and approved a $47 million budget for FY 2024.

Municipal bond mutual fund saw inflows with Refinitiv Lipper on Thursday reporting investors added $552.219 million to funds for the week ending Wednesday following $1.040 billion of outflows the previous week.

The action does not have immediate implications for municipal issuers but could give the muni market a sense of how the SEC is beginning to think about cybersecurity risks.

The Investment Company Institute reported investors added $453 million to municipal bond mutual funds in the week ending July 19, after $111 million of inflows the previous week.

A Senate Budget Committee hearing Wednesday examined the fiscal consequences of preparing infrastructure for climate change.

The organization's first ever recommended best practices for State Revolving Funds will be available for public comment through Sept. 30.

Eric Merlis, managing director and co-head of global markets at Citizens Bank, talks with Chip Barnett about the economy and financial markets and what the Federal Reserve might do. He also discusses possible near- and long-term economic scenarios. (15 minutes)

Analysts look at whether the FOMC will bring the last rate hike in the cycle, whether recession is coming, and whether the Fed is making a policy mistake.

The puzzling accounting discrepancy, which dates to 2005, threatened to lead to the rescission of $3.5 billion of contract authority for state departments of transportation.