Bonds

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20497288/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals improved, outperforming small losses in U.S. Treasuries Tuesday, while equities closed with the Dow and S&P 500 hitting records. The day’s moves followed the Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes that signaled the Federal Reserve will be cautious with further policy easing. If the economy progresses as expected,

Moody’s Ratings downgraded Manhattan, Kansas, bonds to A1 from Aa3 in the wake of a tardy audit and deteriorating finances. A tardy annual audit and deteriorating finances led Moody’s Ratings to downgrade the issuer and general obligation rating for Manhattan, Kansas, to A1 from Aa3 and warn the rating could be lowered further or even

“Emergency relief funding is not just about repairing infrastructure, it’s about ensuring that transportation remains a critical support system for communities rebuilding after devastating natural disasters,” said Paul P. Skoutelas, APTA President and CEO. ”This funding is critical now more than ever, as climate-driven disasters increase in intensity and frequency. Congress must act swiftly to provide

House Appropriations Chair Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., said disaster aid may be included in a short-term government funding bill this year.Al Drago/Bloomberg News Lawmakers will return to Capitol Hill next week to wrap up the 118th Congress with must-pass government funding and national defense authorization bills and fresh disaster funds on tap. The lame-duck session ending

Stephanie Wiggins, chief executive officer of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Vivian Altman, head of Public Finance at Janney Montgomery Scott, are the 2024 public and private sector Freda Johnson Award winners.  The awards, given by the Northeast Women in Public Finance, are named after Johnson, a founding board member of the

Sewer treatment plant in Jefferson County, Alabama. County leaders combined long-term discipline and planning with short-term risk-taking to successfully sell their warrants in an initial foray into the market after their bankruptcy. Twelve years after filing what had been the largest municipal bankruptcy in history, Jefferson County, Alabama came to market with $2.24 billion of

Bloomberg News The Securities and Exchange Commission more than doubled the number of municipal market enforcement filings in fiscal year 2024 from fiscal 2023, in a year that saw 583 total enforcement actions and a record-breaking $8.2 billion in financial remedies ordered. Despite the great sum of financial remedies, the 583 enforcement actions represent a

Rendering of a Terminal C pier expansion at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. DFW used tax-exempt extendable commercial paper and taxable traditional commercial paper as interim financing tools for its $8.6 billion capital program.Dallas Fort Worth International Airport In a quest for interim financing for an $8.6 billion capital program, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top 10 issuers for housing deals accounted for $7.41 billion in 79 deals in the first half of this year. While no issuer topped $1 billion, the New York City Housing Development Corp. came close, accounting for $997.93 million of housing

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20477360/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Muni yields fell Monday, following a U.S. Treasury rally, while equities ended up as market participants signaled their confidence in President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Treasury Secretary. Muni yields were bumped up to seven basis points, depending on the scale, while USTs rallied up to 15, with both

Moody’s upgraded several bonds related to hurricanes and insurance in Florida, citing the support of Florida state government.Bloomberg News Moody’s Ratings upgraded Florida hurricane- and insurance-related bonds to Aa2, affecting more than $5 billion outstanding. The agency upgraded revenue bonds from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund one notch, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. two notches and

Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Nov. 18.Spirit Airlines Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy will not affect bond ratings for Nevada, Florida and South Carolina airports, according to a Fitch Ratings commentary. The bankruptcy filing “is unlikely to have a material impact on U.S. airport operations, finances or ratings,” Fitch analysts wrote in the commentary

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat who opposes New York’s congestion pricing plan, has asked the federal courts to order a full environmental review of the program. The Federal Highway Administration last week handed final formal approval to New York’s resurrected congestion pricing program to begin tolling drivers starting Jan. 5. But the battle

Scott Bessent, founder of the Key Square Group hedge fund, who once advised liberal financier George Soros, will be joined on Trump’s team by Russel Vought who was tapped to retake his position at the head of the Office of Management and Budget.  Muni market leaders are reacting favorably to President – elect Trump’s nomination

Congress passed the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022 as a means of modernizing and improving the organization, readability and availability of financial information collected by certain federal agencies (i.e., the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial

The new WMCHealth Critical Care Tower is targeted to open in the second quarter of 2026.WMCHealth When selling a credit with a fairly modest balance sheet, especially one facing the challenge of operating a healthcare system in New York State, the most important thing is to tell a story. The “Hudson Valley cannot exist without

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top five bond financings in the ranking came in at more than $9 billion, according to data from LSEG. The top 20 bond financings have a cumulative amount of more than $18 billion. Total issuance in October hit more than $56

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20436998/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> The municipal market was lightly traded and little changed Friday ahead of the Thanksgiving-shortened week, with strong market technicals leading to more muni outperformance to U.S. Treasuries and corporates. Triple-A yields barely budged for the ninth consecutive trading session while USTs saw small losses on the short end and

The village of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is facing legal action over its transportation utility fee, which the Wisconsin Court of Appeals struck down in March.Adobe Stock The village of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, has become the target of lawsuits from the state’s combined chamber of commerce and manufacturers’ association over its transportation utility fee, which was struck down

Longtime investment banker George Joseph McLiney, Jr., passed away unexpectedly at age 87 Saturday.  The founder of McLiney and Company, which was acquired by SAMCO Capital Markets in 2019, McLiney was also a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, an avid golfer and a successful Kansas cattleman. George McLiney, Jr. “He loved life, and that

Pew senior officer Fatima Yousofi found states are considering diverse funding and financing tools to manage climate threats to their infrastructure.Pew As the municipal bond market expects issuance to swell over the next decade to accommodate climate-related infrastructure needs, states are also eying cap-and-invest and superfund programs to augment what is expected to be substantial