Washington

A petition aimed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency highlights the deficiencies and opportunities FEMA has in adapting to a world of frequent extreme weather events

While the muni market lobbies for its wish list, investors keep in mind that any tax rate changes affect appetite and market technicals.

Municipal bond mutual funds saw small inflows as investors added $16.4 million to the funds after $154.4 million of inflows the week prior, according to LSEG Lipper.

Undersubscribed funding opportunities are blocked by regulation.

Investors may want to consider non-disclosure of climate hazards as a symbol of non-resilient projects and limited planning.

According to the board, the addition is an important means to enhance market transparency and is in line with its FY24 priority to expand the EMMA platform.

The Philadelphia Fed president said there can be as few as no cuts or as many as two this year, but if his projections are accurate, one decrease would be appropriate this year.

"We need to see more evidence to convince us that inflation is well on our way back down to 2%," Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said.

Laura Allen, former president of the Government Finance Officers Association, hands the baton off to Tanya Garost at a time when the group is taking new steps to recruit and engage with its members.

"I think the risks to inflation are still on the upside," Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said. "I think the risk to the labor market is dual-sided."