By  BINYAMIN APPELBAUM Published: December 8, 2013 WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are in no hurry to retreat from their bond-buying campaign to stimulate the economy and are likely to postpone any cuts to the program until next year, according … Read more

After Gross and Gundlach, the deluge: It’s no longer a set-it-and-forget-it core world By Jason Kephart Nov 7, 2013 Financial advisers got their first real taste of a rising interest rate environment in the second quarter and it’s led to … Read more

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER of AP WASHINGTON (AP) – The budget agreement Congress reached Wednesday cheered investors and removed the threat of a catastrophic debt default that could have triggered another recession. Yet the temporary nature of the deal means … Read more

By Brian Chappatta & Priya Anand                   Oct 9, 2013 Municipalities are borrowing at the slowest pace in more than two years, showing how the partial federal shutdown and prospect of a U.S. default are dissuading localities from taking on financing … Read more

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER of AP WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve’s decision last month to maintain the size of its economic stimulus was a shocker. Just about everyone expected a pullback in its bond purchases, which have helped keep loan … Read more

By Liz Capo McCormick – September 5, 2013 Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said investors should buy short-term Treasuries and credit securities that will be bolstered by the Federal Reserve’s intent to … Read more

August 12  (Reuters) – After three Michigan municipal bond sales were postponed in the wake of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing, two of the state’s school districts are testing the market with sales expected in the next two weeks. The Michigan Finance … Read more

Thomson Reuters July 12, 2013 WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) – The amount of insured municipal bonds continued to drop in the first half of 2013 even as the field of insurers expanded, according to Thomson Reuters data released on Friday. … Read more

Caught off guard, central bankers seeking to alter investors’ view of timing of the end of QE Jul 1, 2013 Federal Reserve officials intensified efforts to curb a growth-threatening rise in long-term interest rates, seeking to clarify comments by Chairman … Read more

June 5, 2013 By Ronald D. Orol WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — In a long-awaited action, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed two reform alternatives for the money-market fund industry, including one that would limit redemptions. The first approach would … Read more