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The merger of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health creates a Chicago-based nonprofit healthcare system with $10 billion in debt and operations in 21 states.
February 4
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The National Association of State Treasurers wants Congress to know its top priority is preserving the muni tax exemption.
February 4
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A negative Federal Reserve monetary policy rate could have helped turn the economy around faster during the Great Recession, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco researcher.
February 4
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Municipal bonds were mostly stronger at midday ahead of the week's attractively sized new issue slate.
February 4
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The 2007 bond authorization for the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas is nearly tapped out, sparking debate about what comes next.
February 4
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New orders for manufactured goods decreased 0.6% in November, after dropping an unrevised 2.1% in October.
February 4
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Attention in the municipal bond market turns westward as some of the week's biggest deals will be coming from Hawaii, Washington state and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Buyers will see the biggest issuance week of the year as $7.2 billion of deals will hit the screens.
February 4
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The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) fell to 109.56 in January from a downwardly revised 110.96 in December.
February 4
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The New York economy slipped in January, with current conditions falling to its lowest level since June.
February 4
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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said the Fed’s latest pause will help keep a “fundamentally healthy” economy on track.
February 4
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The San Diego-area system is issuing municipal debt to fund its acquisition of for-profit Northcentral University.
February 1
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Weaker operating results led S&P Global Ratings to lower its outlook for the Evanston, Illinois-based university.
February 1
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Municipal primary volume will surge to $7.2 billion in the week of Feb. 4 from a revised total of $3.8 billion the previous week.
February 1
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Enright, who died of bone cancer at 72, held fiscal positions with local governments before starting a nearly 30-year investment banking career.
February 1
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PFM says the acquisition will broaden its reach into special districts and land-secured municipal financings in Florida and across the country.
February 1
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A year after fighting with lawmakers over new taxes, Gov. Phil Scott pitched $18 million of revenue raisers in his $6.1 billion budget proposal.
February 1
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A lawsuit alleging fraud accusing banks and broker-dealers of fraud in the variable-rate demand obligation market will proceed, an Illinois judge ruled.
February 1
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With extreme weather more frequent, investors and rating agencies are scrutinizing the effects of resiliency measures on municipal budgets and reserve levels.
February 1
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Ipreo forecasts weekly bond volume will surge to $7.2 billion from a revised total of $3.8 billion this week.
February 1
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The Institute for Supply Management index unexpectedly rose last month.
February 1
