Washington

"I'm worried about rates," muni market strategist Vikram Rai said during a webinar Thursday.

Public power energy providers are moving forward with using elective pay to boost investment in nuclear energy while electrifying small town and rural areas.

The municipal bond market may soon get its first glimpse of hotly anticipated tax legislation.

The recent firmness in the market has been "much appreciated," said Shannon Rinehart, senior portfolio manager of municipal debt at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

Muni advocates are watching the SALT cap negotiations closely, as the outcome may be influence if other revenue raisers, like axing the muni tax exemption, come into play.

Muni yields remain attractive, said Tom Kozlik, managing director, head of public policy and municipal strategy at HilltopSecurities.

"The threat of having both inflation and unemployment rising simultaneously continues to create a big headache for the Fed's interest policy," said Wells Fargo Investment Institute global fixed income strategist Luis Alvarado.

The U.S. Department of Transportation rolls out $3.2 billion via 329 infrastructure grants that will fund more than 3,200 projects that the agency contends were tangled up in red tape and DEI requirements.

The specter and economic implications of tariffs coupled with still above-target inflation and a healthy labor market will sideline policymakers at this week's meeting, analysts said, but not everyone agrees when the next rate cut will be.

The SEC told the court it is leaving for later to settle financial terms with Jeffrey DeLaveaga.