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Honolulu plans to price $725.4 million of double-A-plus GOs next week; a significant chunk of the deal will support Oahu's troubled rail transit project.

Alleged supervisory failures led to unsuitable trading patterns of Puerto Rico and other bonds, FINRA found.

Perform, a portfolio management platform for institutional investors who want to accesses the municipal bond market, will be integrated into ICE Bonds.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank has met its goal of achieving “substantial further progress” on both inflation and employment, urging policy makers to move forward in reducing stimulus.

Daily report for July 15, 2021

A key demand component in the market again flexed its muscles with ICI reporting another round of $2 billion-plus fund inflows.

Federal aid boosts Chicago Public Schools as a sea change in governance looms with elected school board legislation awaiting the governor's signature.

Lawyers for the commonwealth warned that Puerto Rico’s legislature will not pass the legislation for new bonds needed by the plan of adjustment if the plan cuts pensions.

According to disclosure notices, payments on two series of bonds issued in 2017 weren’t made on July 1 because of insufficient funds.

“There’s been a lot of discussion about New York City and its future in the public domain. And when that happens it makes sense to solicit multiple opinions,” said Kroll Senior Managing Director Karen Daly.

Ed Sisk, a managing director and head of public finance at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, has been MSRB chair since Oct. 1, 2019.

A double-digit return will trigger a reduction in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System's discount rate under a risk mitigation policy.

A brightening revenue and liquidity picture and improved fiscal governance and management were cited as Moody's assigned a positive outlook.

Daily report for July 14, 2021

Municipals outperformed U.S. Treasuries for a third sessions moving the 10-year municipal to UST ratio below 60%.

The high level of incarceration in the U.S., especially among Americans of color and indigenous people, constrains the labor market and the economy’s ability to reach its full potential, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said.

The U.S. social bond market is in its infancy, but there is huge potential for the public sector to contribute to the growth of this market, a CBI report said.

The two issuers that defaulted suffered from pre-existing conditions, according to Moody's analysts.

Consumer price spikes, which in June surged the most since 2008, will likely be a temporary feature of an economy that’s quickly recovering from the pandemic, said Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly.

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority are heading into the bond market, buoyed by state rating upgrades.