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The Commission approved changes to MSRB Rule G-14 on customer transaction reporting, paving the way for dealers and stakeholders to work with the MSRB to establish a reasonable path forward.

This week, Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman cast the first dissenting vote at an FOMC meeting in years. On Friday, she explained why the economic data she's seen didn't convince her of the need to cut rates as much as her fellow governors thought.

Warnings, finger pointing, and political infighting have consumed talks around a continuing resolution, but the details of the upcoming funding package are expected to be ironed out over the weekend for a likely vote early next week.

Carbon capture and broadband funding stalemated by questions over regulations

More than 70% of the projects include transit-oriented development and downtown redevelopment initiatives.

With all but one grant secured and construction underway, Pat McCoy reflected on Gateway's journey so far at a Municipal Analysts Group of New York event.

Jason Akers, partner at Foley & Judell, vows to fight to keep the municpial bond tax-exemption in his new role.

While the municipal market barely budged following the Fed's decision to cut rates 50 basis points, Thursday saw muni yields rise up to two basis points, depending on the scale, but still lagged the weakness in USTs. LSEG Lipper reported $716 million of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds.

The Fed's 50 basis point cut surprised many, as a looming federal election and all the uncertainty that brings complicates efforts at forecasting.

The Office of Tax-Exempt Bonds has been staffing up, IRS officials said at the National Association of Bond Lawyers conference in Chicago.