Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Businesses are bracing for a strike at three dozen US ports that could upend supply chains and raise prices just weeks before election day. The International Longshoremen’s Association says its 25,000 members
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will try to counter claims on Monday that she has been talking the economy down, telling the Labour party conference there will be “no return to austerity” and insisting her Budget
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Tampa, Florida’s sales and utility tax bonds were upgraded to Aa1 from Aa3 by Moody’s Ratings and the outlook is stable. The upgrade affects Series 2016 and 2020 sales tax refunding and improvement bonds and Series 2012A and C utilities tax and Series 2010A & B utility tax revenue bonds. “That’s great news, and it
Despite the pressure on U.S. Treasuries this week following the Federal Reserve’s 50 basis point rate cut, municipals closed out the week on track to post positive returns for the fourth consecutive month, the first time since 2021. Triple-A municipal yield curves were lightly traded and little changed while Treasuries saw small improvements for the
Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman.Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg The Federal Reserve cited slower price growth and a softer labor market in its decision to lower interest rates by a half percentage point this week, but one policymaker sees those trends differently. Fed Gov. Michelle Bowman voted against the decision Wednesday, noting that she would have preferred
The death knell isn’t ringing for the tax exemption on municipal bonds, according to a panel at the National Association of Bond Lawyers conference, at least not yet — although the panel suggested the industry remind lawmakers of the role bonds play in their communities. The exemption remains an issue as policymakers will need to
The House is expected to be working the weekend in order to bring a vote early next week on the continuing resolution, the funding package that is Congress’ best bet on keeping the government open after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s six month funding package failed on
Private activity bond issuance that could be flowing from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is stuck in a quagmire of regulations and unanswered questions. “This all came in with a bunch of fanfare a couple of years ago and everyone thought it was going to be the next big thing, and unfortunately, it’s just sitting there,”
The Gateway Development Commission expects to finalize its last grant for the Hudson Tunnel Project by the end of the month, according to its CFO, Pat McCoy. With the $3.8 billion grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, the project will have secured all of its funding, McCoy said at his fireside chat with the Municipal
Dozens of local and state governments won grants under a new program that encourages them to inventory their assets with an eye toward potential monetization. The Innovative Finance and Asset Concession Grant program is a closely watched program in the public-private partnership program and a centerpiece of federal P3 policy. Established in the 2021 Infrastructure
Jason Akers got hooked on public finance early. The National Association of Bond Lawyers’ new president was fresh out of school, working for a large Southeast firm, when one of its bond lawyers took him under his wing. “I enjoyed the interaction with public officials, helping to make their ideas reality,” Akers told The Bond
Your browser does not support playing this file but you can still download the MP3 file to play locally. A growing controversy around Lord Waheed Alli’s donations to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria risks tarnishing the new government, while propelling the normally discreet Labour donor into the public eye. Lucy Fisher
The municipal-bond market’s largest high-yield fund is poised to offload its biggest position — equity shares of a power company called Vistra Vision LLC. Nuveen LLC has reached an agreement to sell its 11% stake in Vistra Vision to Vistra Corp., in a deal expected to close in December, according to statement late Wednesday. The
The Sacramento County, California, Airport System plans to come to market with $478 million of revenue bonds Tuesday into a packed primary calendar that includes two other airport bond sales. Chris Wimsatt, Sacramento International Airport’s deputy director of finance, isn’t worried about competition from the other airport deals, because the debt will not be subject
Street scene in Old Bond Street, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom. Pawel Libera | The Image Bank | Getty Images LONDON — Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Dubai. They’re just a few of the destinations trying to lure away the U.K.’s uber wealthy ahead of proposed changes to the country’s divisive non-dom tax regime. Almost two-thirds (63%) of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity firms are aggressively pushing to include language in loan documents that could give them room to pay themselves larger dividends from the companies they have bought, drawing a sharp rebuke from lenders. In
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Robert Jenrick, the frontrunner in the Conservative party leadership contest, has accused the Treasury and the UK’s independent fiscal watchdog of “gaslighting” the British public over the benefits of migration. The former immigration minister declared in an interview with the Financial Times that the “economic consensus” of the past quarter century about mass migration was
Mercedes-Benz lowered its full-year earnings outlook, blaming the weaker projections on China’s worsening macroeconomic conditions. The company on Thursday said its car division now anticipated the return on sales to be in the range of 7.5 per cent to 8.5 per cent, down from its previous expectation of 10 per cent to 11 per cent.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nike chief executive John Donahoe will retire next month in an abrupt leadership change punctuating a period of dour financial performance at the world’s largest sportswear maker. Nike’s board of directors said on Thursday that