Washington

President Donald Trump renewed his complaints about Federal Reserve interest-rate increases.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.105 billion in December.

Former Federal Reserve economist Nellie Liang withdrew from consideration for a seat on the central bank’s board of governors, the White House announced Monday.

The U.S. central bank should only raise interest rates once this year but keep going with its plan to gradually shrink the balance sheet, said Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and one of the Fed’s more dovish policy makers.

Emily Brock, director of GFOA’s federal liaison center, said restoration of advance refundings and increasing the limit on bank qualified debt to $30 million also are among the legislative priorities for 2019.

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trading has the potential to do harm to the muni market and land broker-dealer firms in trouble, according to new MSRB draft guidance.