Muni Think

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and the Biden administration to take a hard stance and pass a new federal debt limit for Puerto Rico, like the one repealed in 1961.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

Fundamentally, much of the price inflation we’ve experienced over the past year can be attributed to the trillions of dollars of new money pumped into the economy that’s been looking for a home ever since.

Increasing attention to whether inflation is a problem for the U.S. economy and financial markets isn’t resolved easily by looking at the most recent economic and financial market data.

Issuers should recognize their ability to prepay debt is an extremely important term, and they should consult with their MAs to achieve the most liberal prepayment term consistent with the type of financing they are doing.

Some lawmakers in Washington during infrastructure discussions have proposed repurposing some of the $350 billion of American Rescue Plan Act relief funds allocated to state, local and tribal governments. This would be a mistake.