Government Securities Prices | 10-year: 102 4/32 to yield 1.52, down 7/32 30-year: 107 31/32 to yield 2.61, down 16/32 |
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Municipal Bond Index | 128 28/32, up 8/32 |
The Bond Buyer's 30-Day Visible Supply (as of 07/20) | Total: $8.823 billion, up $1.987 billion Competitive: $2.911 billion, down $3.4 million Negotiated: $5.911 billion, up $1.991 billion |
The MuniCenter List | Offering total: $8.935 billion, down $827.7 million |
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"One big challenge is the amount of advocates that we've had in Congress that will be retiring or no longer running for re-election," said SIFMA's Leslie Norwood.
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Lawmakers in Illinois have proposed legislation to consolidate the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, Pace and the Regional Transportation Authority.
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April's "poor performance" pushed munis further into negative territory, but "despite the poor start to the year, they may still end the year positive," said Cooper Howard, a fixed-income strategist at Charles Schwab.
May 7 -
The driving force behind the trend is the overall strength of the economy, according to Fitch Ratings' Michael Rinaldi. Revenue sources for municipalities, such as sales and property taxes, are doing very well.
May 7 -
Syncora and GoldenTree Asset Management want an accounting of what happened to PREPA net revenues.
May 7 -
The MSRB's move to a one-minute reporting standard was questioned in a House hearing Tuesday in the context of regulation that could go too far.
May 7