Muni Think

Following a thorough analysis of available EMMA filings, it is clear that PFA-financed projects account for less than 3% of the 700 plus total unique payment defaults posted to EMMA during the last three years.

Donald Trump's departure from the White House will do little to heal the rift between the right and left, but this is still the best chance muni advocates have had in many years.

A new period of social liberalization and economic excess could emerge by 2022, leading to inflation and a return to higher interest rates.

From the Centennials to the COVID generation, the municipal market's demographics will change dramatically in the next decade as will the way investors view investing in munis.

The president-elect takes a much more expansively realistic view on the synergistic relationship between infrastructure investment and the middle class.

While mass transit needs federal help, here's a call for the state, city and authority to go long and wide with new approaches.

Several factors have combined to position an innovative approach — the public-private partnership, or P3 model — as a crucial emerging tool for public entities nationwide.

State and local governments are going to need generous lines of credit to get through the next few months. Joe Biden has an opportunity to act by rethinking the Municipal Liquidity Facility at the Federal Reserve.

It has become apparent that even more creativity will be necessary to pass legislation in the upcoming Congress. The only problem is we do not have the luxury of time.

One must be mindful of and pay close attention to obligor filings, credit spreads and, of course, rating actions whatever chair you sit in.