After being one of the best performing asset classes last year, municipals have underperformed taxable markets this year.
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Congress should also eliminate the mass transit account from the Highway Trust Fund, and consolidate all federal fuel tax revenues into the HTF, the USDOT proposed.
S&P said its earlier rating had its origin in an incorrect methodology.
The rules governing the cap on state and local tax deductions have been changed in each Trump administration and greatly debated in the muni community as new research shows the cap may have boosted inflows into bonds.
Oil prices topped $100 a barrel Thursday morning as the U.S.-Iran conflict continues with no resolution in sight.
Tender activity has risen between 2019 and 2024, with muni issuers executing more than $48 billion, according to the Government Finance Officers Association.
Florida counties are facing off against a PACE bond-issuing agency over whether they must collect taxes that would back up to $5 billion in approved bonds.
