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The January employment report headline number disappointed while stimulus news lifted equities and U.S. Treasuries rose on both counts. Municipals ignored those moves ahead of another week of less-than-ample supply.
February 5
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The Motor City's spread penalties were reduced by more than half compared to its previous sale in October in a deal that was oversubscribed by 20 times.
February 5
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No ruling was issued and the judges' sympathies could not be easily deciphered.
February 5
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The SEC opened a request for comment on money market fund rules, which could provide an opening for localities seeking a return to a stable net asset value.
February 5
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Officials see the Moynihan Train Hall and other works in progress as springboards for the city's revival from the coronavirus pandemic.
February 5
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George said the U.S. central bank was still “far away” from achieving its goals and it was premature to start a debate on scaling back its massive bond-buying program.
February 5
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed supported the lawsuit against San Francisco Unified School District saying students are falling behind while schools remain closed to in-person learning.
February 4
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No rate hikes in sight as employment continues to struggle and inflation should rise this year, but not enough to force the Fed to raise rates.
February 4
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This pandemic-related waiver from a handwritten signature extends through June 30 of this year.
February 4
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Joe Geraci, who spent 24 years at Citi, most recently as co-head of the Global Spread Products division, will join investment advisor Old Orchard Capital.
February 4
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Steven Kantor and Kayla MacEwen join a team that has mostly come from Hilltop, expanding Texas-based Masterson Advisors' reach deep into the Northeast.
February 4
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The city's newest budget forecast says revenues in the current fiscal year will fall short of projections by $86 million.
February 4
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The Pennsylvania governor can expect pushback from Republican lawmakers over budget-balancing plan aimed at higher wage earners.
February 4
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Lumesis' president, COO and co-founder Tim Stevens talks about how AI complements the company’s pricing and scales software to predict the shape of a deal-specific municipal yield curve based on the structural and credit-characteristics and to use that predicted shape to fill-in portions of a yield curve that cannot be built from traditional means. Lynne Funk hosts. (35 minutes).
February 4
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The Puerto Rico Oversight Board has previously said there would be significant spending cuts in the the coming fiscal year.
February 3
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ICI reports a third week of $3-plus billion of inflows. Couponing is becoming as much a factor in inquiry as credit and issuers move to lower coupons in both competitive and negotiated deals.
February 3
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Joliet will finance new infrastructure with a mix of revenue borrowing and state and federal loans in an agreement that will bring Chicago $30 million annually.
February 3
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The appointment of Black as GASB chairman last year was a break with the tradition of having a former state auditor serve in the post.
February 3
