Washington

The federal government's job board stops taking applications next week.

Despite “significant uncertainty” in monetary policymaking, the Federal Open Market Committee continues to back gradual increases in the federal funds rate, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.

The number of muni market dealers has fallen off even as trading activity remained stable, an MSRB report finds.

Illinois and Pennsylvania are the only two with a negative rating outlook, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.

Ex-Morgan Stanley branch manager Terry Lee McCoy failed to act on several "red flags" that the accounts of an elderly and incapacitated customer were being abused, FINRA said.

U.S. Conference of Mayors President Stephen Benjamin talks about the ways to get Congress to bring back advance refundings for municipal bond issuers. The mayor of Columbia, S.C., also discusses a Smart Cities agenda that’s focused on growing cities through improved infrastructure. John Hallacy is host.

A bill now in committee would sell distressed federal assets to fund projects in distressed communities and pay down the deficit.

Emrich is a longtime credit and bond analyst in the municipal securities market.

There was friction about the integrity of the muni market during a panel discussion Thursday, but the committee agreed to move along with some disclosure recommendations.

A majority of states leverage their revolving funds to issue municipal bonds to finance local projects.