Southeast

High rates and high inflation, coupled with rich reserves, pushed off or delayed issuers coming to market in 2023, noted James Pruskowski, chief investment officer at 16Rock Asset Management.

Analysts say states can avoid short-term issues as a result of strong reserves but some may face challenges over the longer term.

Six financial institutions may be placed on West Virginia's restricted list if they are found "boycott" the fossil fuel industry, Riley Moore said.

Extreme weather could aggravate growing property insurance pressures on governments.

Based in New York City, Ted Hynes has almost 40 years of experience in the fixed-income markets, the last 15 at Raymond James.

The state has tapped JP Morgan and Wells Fargo as managers of the deal.

"This bill is aimed at providing more economic opportunity for our cash-strapped airports," said bill sponsor Rep. Chip Brown before the House passed it 98-2.

U.S. DOT Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg traveled to Miami-Dade County to highlight the $27 million of funding provided under the bipartisan infrastructure law to Miami International Airport's improvement projects.

Natural gas prepayment deals helped drive the utilities sector to top the Southeast in an overall down year for municipal bond sales across the region.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of nearly $1.5 billion.