Muni Think

Federal budget brinksmanship is endangering the critically important process by which municipal issuers purchase Treasury securities for refunding escrows.

The fiscal cliff negotiations have brought taxes to the forefront of people's minds. What does it all mean for municipal bonds as an asset class?

After a difficult few years, municipal floating rate notes are regaining a foothold in the market.

An update on the Florida "dirt bond" sector — restructuring trends, new issuance, and trading activity.

There are options in addition to federal outlays to help fund a recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Action will require a much-needed act of bipartisanship.

What do active participants in the municipal market really think about bond insurance?

The looming threat of sequestration has become a concern for holders of taxable Build America Bonds.

Stockton's city manager and its interim debt manager say the city's bankruptcy filing has generated much discussion — and some misinformation — regarding local government finances in California.

Recent comments by the National Association of Independent Public Finance Advisors misstate the intent and value of the Dold Bill, which was approved on a bipartisan, unanimous basis by the Financial Services Committee and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Recent convictions in a series of bid-rigging trials have provided the municipal market a false sense that severely troubling conduct is in the past.