Washington

Two competing congressional bills propose different political paths for Puerto Rico to follow.

A case settled this week was the first brought in decades by FINRA for a rule violation on quotations.

Statehood for the District of Columbia continues to face a Republican roadblock in the Senate where a 60-vote supermajority is needed for passage.

The Federal Reserve will likely taper off its bond purchases before considering raising interest rates, Chairman Jerome Powell said.

The agenda includes discussion of possible changes to MSRB Rule G-10, on investor and municipal advisory client education and protection.

He starts next month a the new president and CEO of the Utah Housing Corp.

Gretchen Sierra Zorita will serve as deputy director for Puerto Rico and the Territories in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Instead of trying to spend more within traditional programs, the federal government should design more modern policy, Brookings experts said.

Municipal bonds, issued by state and local governments, finance infrastructure investment and should be the foundation of any modernization package.

The markets and the Fed are not on the same page about the future of inflation. Luke Tilley Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at Wilmington Trust will discuss the economy and inflation.