Muni Think

With interest rates on the rise, and mom and pop retail expected to become more relevant, there may be an opportunity for issuers to save money in a part of the curve that has been ignored for too long.

Modern economic growth in the U.S. is dependent on credit creation — which has perpetuated a cycle of suppressed yields and inflated asset prices. While credit creation has been accelerating away from GDP growth for the last 15 years with no signs of stopping, retirement investors are left in the intractable situation of watching the value of their savings erode. What can be done?

The presence of unregistered — and potentially unqualified — advisors providing municipal advisory services to state and local governments and other municipal entities is a cause for concern and greater regulatory scrutiny.

Municipal bonds are just contracts between issuers and investors, why not make them smart contracts?

The Oversight Board must lobby Congress and the Biden administration to take a hard stance and pass a new federal debt limit for Puerto Rico, like the one repealed in 1961.

The pandemic is changing the game for performance management. It's time to evolve the financial services model.

Nominations are live for the 20th Bond Buyer Deal of the Year and the Freda Johnson awards. The application deadline is Tuesday, October 12.

Having earnestly settled with every major constituency, it is time for the Board to do the right thing by abandoning unnecessary pension cuts and freezes.

The pandemic has prompted rare bipartisan consensus the U.S. needs a job creation program focusing on the middle class and acknowledging rural communities while upgrading infrastructure.

COVID has impacted so many sectors of life over the past two years. Its presence has spiked a sudden increase in inflation, and whether it is a blip or a long-term trend is still unknown.