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Disruptions and dislocations associated with more volatile business cycles have already created opportunities for active fixed income management, as the dramatic interest rate increase of 2022 illustrates.

The two-year UST is now a full point above the 10-year UST, something that hasn't happened since 1981.

Passing the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act could boost housing bond issuance.

Goolsbee's history of supporting Democratic policies and criticizing Republican ones on TV and radio talk shows, is raising concerns that the central bank is becoming increasingly politicized.

Municipal securities could be exempt from the proposal and the Commission invites commenters to lay out why that should be the case.

Ellis Phifer, managing director and senior strategist in the fixed income research department at Raymond James, talks with Chip Barnett about the state of the bond markets. (Taped Feb. 16; 15 minutes)

Mark Cappell is the president of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts for 2023, its first bond insurer to take the role since 2009.

The Federal Reserve said further interest-rate hikes would be required to restore price stability.

States will need to figure out how to build within the law, the DOT secretary said.

The bill, introduced in the House by Rep. George Santos, R-NY, is one of three currently circling around Congress that would lift the state and local tax deduction.