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The changes will slim down underwriters' disclosures to issuers, which many believed had become too lengthy and wordy to be useful.

Unlike previous central bank chiefs, Powell’s chances of being renominated by either the current president or many of the Democratic contenders are slim.

Two Federal Reserve policymakers warned that climate change poses current and future risks to the U.S. economy.

The number of trades decreased about 16% to 2.01 million from the same quarter in 2018.

Data on default rates shows that while there has been improvement in consistency between corporate and muni ratings, there is still work to be done.

California, Massachusetts and New York came closest to utilizing their volume caps for PABs in 2018, according to a recent survey by the Council of Development Finance Agencies.

“We see some calming of seas,” said Beth Ann Bovino, chief U.S. economist and managing director at S&P Global Ratings, who offered those explanations as part of her latest take on the U.S. economic outlook.

Nonfarm productivity slipped, the Labor Department reported Wednesday, a day when comments from Fed presidents suggested cuts are done for now.

The SEC brought four civil lawsuits and 10 stand-alone administrative proceedings, according to its annual report released Wednesday.

The Financial Industry Regulatory announced the action Wednesday, saying it stemmed from the firms' supervisory failures.