Municipal bonds are directly or indirectly involved in a flurry of litigation in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah triggered by defaults, bankruptcy, environmental concerns, or laws that punish financial firms for their stance on fossil fuels. The outcomes of the lawsuits could determine if bonds can be issued, who is to blame for defaulted debt,
Night scene of Singapore’s Toa Payoh district Chanachai Panichpattanakij | Moment | Getty Images Singapore’s private home prices fell for the first time in five quarters amid depressed sales, preliminary market data showed on Tuesday. The data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed that its private home price index fell 1.1% last quarter as
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal ReserveAl Drago/Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg Inflation and unemployment are the two key data points the Federal Reserve leans on when setting monetary policy, but Fed Chair Jerome Powell flagged another potentially relevant metric: personal savings. Powell said government measures of gross domestic income, or GDI, had been coming in
Municipals saw some weakness up front while U.S. Treasuries saw losses across the curve after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled the Fed’s rate-cutting schedule was not yet certain as the U.S. economy remains strong. Equities closed in the black. USTs saw the largest losses on the short-end, with yields rising up to 7 basis
On Monday President Joe Biden addressed the nation about the federal response to Hurricane Helene and signaled he would ask Congress for supplemental disaster funding. “That’s my expectation,” he said. He also hinted at calling lawmakers back into session to help deal with the emergency. “That is something I may have to request. No decisions
Bond parties opposed to the Puerto Rico Oversight Board’s proposed Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bankruptcy settlement have offered to invest fresh capital into the authority as part of a bankruptcy settlement. The parties made the offer in a written submission to the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs,
Bond volume in 2024 is on pace to break previous issuance records as September marked another high-volume month with state and local governments bringing the market larger deals led by new-money. Issuance rose 44.5% in September year-over-year as dwindling pandemic aid and election uncertainty prompted issuers to come to market, pushing supply year-to-date just shy
Massachusetts plans to sell $490.7 million of municipal bonds to help fund improvements for its commuter rail and other transportation projects throughout the state. The bonds are scheduled to price Wednesday after a retail order period Tuesday, according to an online investor presentation. According to preliminary bond documents, the deal consists of three series: a
Municipal market advocates have tapped the University of Chicago’s Center for Municipal Finance to create first-of-its-kind municipal bond data that advocates hope to use to showcase the usefulness of tax-exempt bonds next year as the market’s cherished tax exemption faces an existential threat. The center will drill down to the congressional district level to examine
A shareholder at a securities hall in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in east China, on Sept. 24, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China stocks rallied to their best day in 16 years, with related U.S. ETFs also soaring after recent economic stimulus buoyed investor optimism in the market. The Shanghai
Owngarden | Moment | Getty Images A handful of states have rolled out rebates to consumers who make their homes more energy-efficient, just months after New York became the first state to do so, in May. Meanwhile, South Dakota officials in August declined the federal funding, which is tied to two new programs created by
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority board approved its 2025-2029 capital plan last week. It could not answer the question of how it will be funded. The 2025-2029 plan devotes most of its $68.4 billion price tag to keeping the system in a state of good repair. A new train that entered service on the
Mike Spiering holds Francesca Spiering as he stands in the flood water around his home after record rains fell in the area on April 13, 2023 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The cost of insuring your most expensive assets has skyrocketed. While overall inflation has slowed, insurance costs are taking a bigger
Rupert Murdoch at his annual party at Spencer House, St James’ Place in London. Picture date: Thursday June 22, 2023. Victoria Jones | Pa Images | Getty Images LONDON — Rupert Murdoch’s Australian property firm REA Group said Monday it would no longer seek to buy the U.K.’s Rightmove after the property portal rejected a fourth
In this article 2202-HK 688-HK 960-HK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A man walks past a housing complex by Chinese property developer Evergrande in Guangzhou, China’s southern Guangdong province on September 17, 2021. Noel Celis | Afp | Getty Images Shares of Chinese property developers rallied on Monday after major cities in mainland China
Austria’s far-right Freedom party scored a historic victory in the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday, with the result consolidating pro-Russian, anti-establishment forces in central Europe. The FPÖ was projected to win just under 29 per cent of the ballots cast, according to a near final official estimate of the vote late on Sunday, bolstering the
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Minneapolis will bring general obligation bonds to market next week in a deal that includes funding to repair damage left by the 2020 riots after a police officer killed George Floyd. The city will sell $123.59 million of tax-exempt Series 2024 general obligation bonds via competitive sale Tuesday. The municipal advisor on the deal is
The municipal market muscled through this week by holding yields mostly steady as investors digested a large new-issue slate, heavy on tax-exempt paper, even as U.S. Treasuries were weaker until Friday’s session. Municipal triple-A yield curves closed out the week with few changes, valuations were little changed — though at attractive levels — and the