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George Boyan, president of Leumi Investment Services, discusses negative interest rates, recession, and what challenges the Fed faces in the coming year. Gary Siegel hosts.

Issues surrounding revenue bonds may delay resolution on the central government debt.

Large taxable deals fare well while gilt-edged Delaware yields track in line with AAA benchmarks in competitive deal.

The Securities and Exchange Commission wll work with the market to change secondary disclosure habits without a mandate, issuers and analysts said.

As officials sift through Andrew Cuomo's plan to curb Medicaid costs, City Hall insists that the governor's spending-control emphasis is a de facto slash.

The high-demand market environment boosted Philadelphia’s first general obligation bond deal of 2020.

If Judy Shelton, who advocates for lower rates, wins confirmation to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, President Trump may have his choice to replace Chairman Jerome Powell.

Gov. Henry McMaster wants to sell the state-owned utility after its nuclear project debacle; a report to lawmakers on bids for Santee Cooper has been delayed.

Whether new dedicated revenue for the MTA or its higher total debt holds more sway in the capital markets remains an open question.

New York's governor wants to tackle the state’s budget gap through controlled spending rather than major revenue increases.

After returning north of 7% in 2019, the municipal bond asset class continues to see strong returns so far in 2020.

Its top goal is to increase to $30 million the size of bank-qualified tax-exempt bond issues that can be sold to banks under favorable terms.

Three of the biggest New York City pension funds have selected advisors to help divest from fossil fuels.

While the general feeling is the Federal Reserve will keep rates steady this year, not everyone is on board with that view.

New York City Council member Daniel Dromm and Citizens Budget Commission president Andrew Rein explore the effects of looming state Medicaid cuts on the city's $95.3 billion preliminary budget. Paul Burton hosts from City Hall.

Chicago’s $1.5 billion sale of general obligation refunding bonds and Sales Tax Securitization Corp. debt generated $310 million of budget savings.

The secondary market price has risen 40% since June 11.

Although municipal bond volume is expected to rise by almost $2 billion, it won’t be nearly enough to satisfy investors’ thirst for the asset class.

Only $14.9 billion has been disbursed out of the $48.35 billion allocated by Congress since Hurricane Maria.

The governor has recommended a $54.15 billion budget amid flat state revenue collections in the current fiscal year.