Finance

Deals from New York and Massachusetts led the new issue slate on Thursday as the last of the week’s supply came to market.

Citi's assessment is conditioned on pension obligation bonds being part of a package to tackle the city's pension liabilities.

Municipal bond market participants are seeing the last of this week’s new issues come to market on Thursday, led by issuers from New York and Massachusetts.

Muni market groups claimed victory after federal banking regulators moved to treat munis like all other types of Level 2B HQLA.

Philip Howard, founder of the group Common Good, advocates measures to simplify government and end paralysis. Paul Burton hosts.

Both the big Illinois bond deal and the giant Texas note sale were warmly received by investors Wednesday.

A report on cyber-related risks released Wednesday by S&P Global warned that “a successful attack on an entity with limited resources could have a credit impact.”

Moody's Investors Service dropped Beloit College's rating two notches to Ba1 from Baa2.

Illinois came to market on Wednesday with over $900 million of bonds while Texas sold a massive note deal in the competitive arena.

Two of three sales in Connecticut’s recent bond offering set record retail orders, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier, while spreads continued to drop.

Municipal bond buyers saw some new offerings come to market on Tuesday, led by a Denver city and county deal.

Multiple constitutional claims, including racial gerrymandering, are cited in lawsuits filed by the city of Stockbridge and Capital One Public Funding.

Volume was off in eight of the region's 11 states in the wake of tax reform and the end of advance refundings.

Municipal bonds were firm and little changed on Tuesday as new issue supply started to price.

One of Baird's new bankers expands its presence in the Chicago region.

Moody's Investors Service raised the county to Aaa from Aa1.

Trading was muted after last week’s bounty of bond sales, as the market looked ahead to this week’s larger deals, including a $920 million Illinois financing.

Bond volume in the region fell sharply in the first half of 2018, though one expert saw the 16% drop as better than anticipated.

A typical quiet summer Monday unfolded, with trading activity muted as the market reflected on last week’s bountiful volume and looked ahead with anticipation to some this week’s larger deals, including the $920 million Illinois financing, muni traders said.

The final rules will focus on debt obligations on a similar level as bonds, an effort to respond to comments that the first proposal was too broad.