Washington

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers jumped into the debate about negative interest rates, signing onto a paper that gives the policy a damning review.

Municipal enforcement cases including SEC vs. Dwayne Edwards are among those that have been halted.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is looking to fill five spots for its Board of Directors, important roles influencing the municipal market.

New year, new National Federation of Municipal Analysts chair, vice chair, treasurer and secretary.

So-called prearranged trading has the potential to do harm to the muni market and land broker-dealer firms in trouble, according to new MSRB draft guidance.

The House approved rules changes Thursday that include restoration of the so-called Gephardt rule that links passage of the annual budget resolution to a debt ceiling increase.

Only five priorities remain on the Treasury and IRS work plan in 2019 for the municipal bond market.

Bond traders are showing little sign of stepping back from their fight with the Federal Reserve over the path of interest rates and the market is now positioned for cuts on the horizon.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said the U.S. central bank should put interest rates on hold as it waits to see how uncertainties about global growth, weakness in interest-sensitive industries and tighter financial conditions play out.

The Federal Register publication of the finalized PAB regulation takes effect April 1, but part of it can be implemented by issuers immediately.