Public Facilities Bonds - First Half 2012

PUBLIC FACILITIES
FIRST HALF
2012
Volume in millions
 
Number of issues
2011
Volume in millions
 
Number of issues
 
Change from prior period
TOTAL $6,228.6 263 $2,079.3 215 +199.6
First Quarter 2,441.8 110 1,157.3 110 +111.0
Second Quarter 3,786.8 153 922.0 105 +310.7
Libraries & Museums 662.3 28 229.6 15 +188.5
Government Buildings 1,082.0 47 283.6 32 +281.5
Fire Stations & Equipment 96.5 38 122.1 53 -21.0
Correctional Facilities 1,740.9 39 442.1 27 +293.8
Police Stations & Equipment 124.3 12 25.8 6 +381.8
Civic & Convention Centers 1,302.8 12 380.9 10 +242.0
Stadiums & Sports Complexes 505.1 13 138.8 7 +263.9
Theatres 8.5 3 28.0 1 -69.6
Parks, Zoos & Beaches 476.1 53 268.7 39 +77.2
Other Recreation 230.2 18 159.9 25 +44.0
Tax-Exempt 5,990.5 243 1,980.7 206 +202.4
Taxable 238.1 20 98.6 9 +141.5
Minimum-Tax 0.0 0 0.0 0 n.m.
New-Money 1,814.2 99 1,396.8 138 +29.9
Refunding 2,306.8 141 558.1 64 +313.3
Combined 2,107.7 23 124.3 13 +1595.7
Negotiated 5,437.7 183 1,356.7 125 +300.8
Competitive 780.7 73 661.1 70 +18.1
Private Placements 10.2 7 61.5 20 -83.4
Revenue 5,042.5 107 1,191.1 72 +323.3
General Obligation 1,186.1 156 888.2 143 +33.5
Fixed-Rate 5,872.4 260 2,067.1 213 +184.1
Variable-Rate (Short Put) 160.4 2 10.4 1 +1442.3
Variable-Rate (Long/No Put) 0.0 0 0.0 0 n.m.
Zero-Coupon 75.7 3 1.8 1 +4105.6
Linked-Rate 108.9 1 0.0 0 n.m.
Auction-Rate 0.0 0 0.0 0 n.m.
Convertible 11.2 1 0.0 0 n.m.
Bond Insurance 306.1 23 148.4 18 +106.3
Letters of Credit 16.0 1 10.4 1 +53.8
Standby Purchase Agreements 144.4 1 0.0 0 n.m.
Insured Mortgages 0.0 0 0.0 0 n.m.
Guaranties 633.3 9 32.3 6 +1860.7
State Governments 25.6 3 138.0 3 -81.4
State Agencies 2,597.9 23 280.5 8 +826.2
Counties & Parishes 487.9 44 337.6 32 +44.5
Cities & Towns 467.6 57 452.9 49 +3.2
Districts 415.9 73 238.7 79 +74.2
Local Authorities 2,210.0 62 626.4 43 +252.8
Colleges & Universities 23.8 1 0.0 0 n.m.
Direct Issuers 0.0 0 5.1 1 -100.0
Tribal Governments 0.0 0 0.0 0 n.m.
Cooperative Utilities 0.0 0 0.0 0 n.m.
Bank-Qualified 498.9 151 404.0 137 +23.5
Build America Bonds 0.0 0 1,726.7 38 -100.0
Qualified Sch Construction 0.0 0 0.0 0 n.m.
Other Stimulus 6.3 1 6.8 3 -7.4


Key to Abbreviations: cpt – competitive; GOs – general obligation bonds; ref – refunding.
Source: Thomson Reuters (using data available as of July 14, 2012)

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