Washington

Third-party vendors are confident their products will help dealers comply with new markup disclosure rules, but need to integrate them to dealers' systems.

Treasury Department sales of state and local government series securities are expected to dramatically decline this month now that issuers no longer need them for tax-exempt advance refunding escrows.

The MSRB has taken the relatively rare step of asking for public comments on a draft set of frequently asked questions related to the board's primary muni advisor rule.

The Government Finance Officers Association's federal liaison center is warning some members against using interest rate swaps and derivatives.

The municipal bond market has had a rough start to 2018, according to a panel of buy and sell side experts at The Bond Buyer‘s Texas Public Finance Conference in Austin.

A key House committee chairman would block any attempts to expand PABs for public infrastructure projects.

Analysts say states' and cities' unfunded infrastructure should be viewed as a liability, along with debt, pensions and other post-employment benefits.

The White House is considering Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester for central bank vice chair.

Lawmaker suggests advanced refundings be renamed “refinancing to save taxpayer dollars” and private activity bonds be called "public good bonds."

The president's proposal to expand and use private activity bonds for public infrastructure projects is similar to one made by a prior administration.