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Issuer | St | Description | Amount ($000s) | Lead Manager | Financial Adviser | Insurer | Mdy's | S & P | Fitch | First Appeared | |||
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Portsmouth | VA | GO | 25,000 | Wells Fargo Secs | Davenport | --- | --- | AA- | AA- | Mar 19 | |||
Week Of March 29 | |||||||||||||
Issuer | St | Description | Amount ($000s) | Lead Manager | Financial Adviser | Insurer | Mdy's | S & P | Fitch | First Appeared | |||
Hartford | CT | GO | 40,000 | William Blair | --- | --- | --- | SP-1+ | --- | Mar 24 | |||
Michigan Muni Bond Auth | MI | St-Aid | 255,000 | JPMorgan | --- | --- | --- | SP-1 | --- | Today | |||
Maple Heights CSD | OH | Var Purp | 2,991 | Stifel Nicolaus | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Today |
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Immigration effects in municipalities are seen as pros and cons
43m ago -
A state judge issued a temporary injunction against enforcement of the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, which has led to the ban of seven financial firms, including four big municipal bond underwriters, from government contracts.
58m ago -
"One big challenge is the amount of advocates that we've had in Congress that will be retiring or no longer running for re-election," said SIFMA's Leslie Norwood.
2h ago -
Lawmakers in Illinois have proposed legislation to consolidate the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, Pace and the Regional Transportation Authority.
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April's "poor performance" pushed munis further into negative territory, but "despite the poor start to the year, they may still end the year positive," said Cooper Howard, a fixed-income strategist at Charles Schwab.
May 7 -
The driving force behind the trend is the overall strength of the economy, according to Fitch Ratings' Michael Rinaldi. Revenue sources for municipalities, such as sales and property taxes, are doing very well.
May 7