Finance

Next week's Illinois GO sale will be a muni market referendum on the governor's budget, tax and pension proposals.

S&P Global Ratings boosted its outlook to positive from stable ahead of an $850 million GO bond sale.

Municipal bond market participants will be waiting for the Fed's decision on rates and the look ahead.

A Chicago-area ice rink facility built with $20 million of bonds is being sold for $10 million.

The Bond Buyer will be rolling out some changes to how we cover and communicate with the professionals and the leaders who work in and around municipal finance.

Blockchain could benefit the muni market, but receives pushback in an industry historically slow to change.

The upstate New York college has combined two undergraduate institutions and boosted enrollment a year after sinking to deep junk territory.

The calendar leaves much to be desired for investors, as the week only brings $2.4 billion of new deals.

This week's deal will prime the pump for another $2.5 billion in loans Freddie Mac plans to securitize in the next two to three years.

Munis have been grooving along but next week will bring tiny issuance, less than $3 billion, along with a Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Preston Hollow's accusations against Nuveen of bully tactics underscore the cutthroat competition for market share.

In the week ended March 14, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 3.99% from 4.04% the previous week.

A few remaining deals trickled into a stagnant, steady market, as the SALT effects have impacted the seasonality typically associated with tax season.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network in Pennsylvania to Ba1 from Baa3.

Municipal bonds held firm Wednesday as deals swarmed into the market from issuers in Virginia, New York and Texas.

D.A. Davidson will expand its presence in Oklahoma and Texas with the acquisition of Wells Nelson.

The Fed is now estimating household ownership of munis at market value instead of book or face value and has restated historical ownership.

Birmingham, Alabama's general obligation bond rating was lowered one notch by Fitch due to growing pension liabilities.

Chicago's CFO says investor outreach will stress fiscal controls that make it difficult for the city to backslide on its progress under Rahm Emanuel.

The market appeared to move after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a rate structure for his graduated state income tax proposal.