Bonds

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top five bond financings in the ranking have an average dollar volume of more than $1 billion. The top 20 bond financings have a cumulative amount of more than $15 billion. Scroll through to see which bond financings are in the

Southwest officials are mapping out their debt issuance plans in the wake of voter approval for a big burst of bonds in the Nov. 7 election, which also resulted in different outcomes for high-profile property tax cut measures in Texas and Colorado. Voters approved all billion-dollar-plus measures on ballots, including a package topping $16 billion

Municipals were little changed to close out a busy week in both the primary and secondary, while U.S. Treasury yields fell out long and equities rallied. “Although this round of muni market bullish reversal was pulled off one week later than Treasuries’, the rally progressed better,” said BofA strategists. The 10-year UST reached its peak

Puerto Rico’s upcoming gubernatorial and legislative elections may lead to a new governor but aren’t likely to change local policy significantly, observers say. At this stage, the main drama seems to be in the New Progressive Party governor’s primary, which sees Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón running against Gov. Pedro Pierluisi. As Resident

Anyone who thinks they understand what is happening in the economy — and what will happen — should think some more. The post-pandemic state of the economy is somewhat of a mystery, but a mystery worth exploring. Unemployment is a low 3.9%. Inflation is somewhere between 3.5% and 4.2% depending on which index is used.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the suspension of his state’s gasoline tax for another month amid sustained high fuel costs. Kemp cited “ongoing economic hardships caused by rampant inflation” Wednesday when he signed an executive order foregoing Georgia’s 31.2 cents-per-gallon tax on gas and 35 cents-per-gallon tax on diesel for another month through Nov.

As the timeline for implementing the Financial Data Transparency Act grows shorter, the Securities and Exchange Commission is teaming up with other federal regulators in an attempt to allay fears about implementation.   “There’s no new disclosure requirements, standards or timelines, it’s just about structured data,” said Dave Sanchez, director of the SEC’s Office of Municipal

Municipals were mixed Thursday, largely sitting out another swing to higher yields in U.S. Treasuries after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank would not hesitate to hike interest rates further if needed. Equities sold off. Triple-A yields barely budged while USTs saw yields rise by 10 to 14 basis points following a

Voters in Maine rejected a much-debated proposal to replace the state’s two largest power providers with a public utility company in Tuesday’s election. Question 3 on the ballot, which asked voters to approve the state takeover of for-profit power providers Versant and Central Maine Power Company and the creation of a non-profit, publicly owned utility

Tender option bond volume is growing and is expected to reach a 10-year high this year, according to Municipal Market Analytics. About $17 billion of TOBs have been issued so far in 2023, which is on pace to eclipse last year’s $17.6 billion, MMA said. The outstanding TOB market is at about $50 billion from

A group of property taxpayers in Austin, Texas, filed a lawsuit this week to stop the issuance of bonds for a multi-billion-dollar light-rail project. The litigation filed Monday in Travis County District Court against Austin’s mayor, city council, and transit officials seeks a permanent injunction prohibiting the Austin Transit Partnership, a corporation created by the

Moody’s Investors Service has revised its outlook for not-for-profit healthcare to stable from negative citing an expectation that an uptick in revenues will outpace expenses as the industry gets a handle on labor costs. The uptick in revenues comes from a modest rebound in patient volumes and higher reimbursement rates, Moody’s analysts wrote in a

The issuance of nearly $3 billion of debt for Oklahoma utilities last year has been drawn into the state attorney general’s probe of potential profiteering and other misdeeds stemming from a fierce winter storm in 2021. A subpoena dated Tuesday from Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s office gives the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which authorized the debt,

New York State voters approved a ballot measure to raise the debt limit for schools in smaller cities, opening the door to more voter-approved bonds. The measure was approved by a margin of 64.5% to 35.5% on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. The amendment to the state constitution removes a special debt limit in the

In a troubled world, booming demand for American military weaponry has left the country in need of billions of dollars more in armaments than it can currently produce.  West Virginia is trying to meet that need. Though its footprint in the national defense sector is small, representing just .1% of the $558.7 billion in defense contracts

Municipals strengthened Wednesday for the sixth consecutive session while U.S. Treasury yields fell throughout most of the curve with the largest gains seen out long. Equities ended mixed. Triple-A yield curves were bumped four to nine basis points, depending on the curve, while USTs saw some weakness on the front end while yields fell up

A debate over Amtrak funding derailed the House of Representative’s fiscal 2024 transportation bill Tuesday as opponents, many of them Republicans from the northeast, criticized the bill’s deep cuts to the train agency. The House was set to vote Tuesday on the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development measure, one of 12 appropriation bills that GOP leaders

The state of Washington filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in an ongoing battle to defend the capital gains excise tax lawmakers approved in 2021. In Quinn v. Washington, the plaintiff, Chris Quinn, has asked the high court to review its case and overturn the Washington State Supreme Court’s 7-2 March ruling that upheld

Cincinnati will sell its Cincinnati Southern Railway system — the last municipally owned railroad in the country — and use the proceeds to create a permanent investment fund for infrastructure needs under a measure narrowly approved by voters Tuesday. The city will net $1.62 billion in the deal, considered one of the few instances of

As usual, voters approved the lion’s share of bond issuances put before them. Charlotte-Mecklenburg School, North Carolina, voters approved the request for $2.5 billion of bonds for capital projects. Harris County Hospital District, Texas, also won voter approval to sell $2.5 billion of bonds. Prosper Independent School District voters approved three of four bond propositions:

Several large new-issues priced into a stronger market with munis seeing gains across the yield curve amid constructive secondary activity as U.S. Treasuries pared back some of Mondays losses and equities also improved. Triple-A yields fell three to five basis points while USTs made gains up to eight basis points out long. The two-year muni-to-Treasury