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The state treasurer is seeking someone willing to take the role on a permanent basis.
March 25
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The slowdown of growth in the fourth quarter does not imply there is dwindling demand for munis, said Pat Luby, head of municipal strategy at CreditSights.
March 19
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Municipals are little changed to start the week after last week's selloff, which saw muni yields cut up to 20 basis points out long.
March 17
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Investors like the 10-year area of the curve because "if they're buying duration, the tax-exempt market is usually going to be one of the best places to buy," said Wesly Pate, a senior portfolio manager at Income Research + Management.
March 6
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S&P Global Ratings primarily cited a "precipitous decline" in unrestricted cash to explain its triple-notch downgrade of the system.
March 4
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The Trump administration wants to shed federal office space, and bonds backed by those leases are feeling the heat.
March 3
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The unpredictable nature of legislating leads most to holding off on disclosure changes until a bill becomes a law.
February 24
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The Trump administration singled out the Las Vegas-Los Angeles bullet train for praise Thursday, the same day the deal priced.
February 21
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The bonds are to be sold competitively in April.
February 20
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KBRA raised the airport's outlook to positive last week, citing its improving financial profile and very strong traffic.
February 20
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Women in Public Finance has announced the 2025 members of its board of directors and plans to expand its offerings as it nears its 30th anniversary.
February 19
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An investor-driven selloff followed the Los Angeles wildfires. ICE Data Services experts join to discuss the reaction, credit impact and growing role of climate risk data.
February 18
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Portfolio managers seem more sanguine about threats to the tax exemption from Congress.
February 13
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BlackRock's move comes as money continues to flow out of muni mutual funds into ETFs and SMAs.
February 11
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Munis continue to outpace USTs as ratios on the front end continue to richen relative to USTs, Jason Wong said.
February 10
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"Our job is to take that volatility, figure out what's noise, figure out what's reality, and lean into the opportunities as we see them," said Alex Petrone, director of fixed income at Rockefeller Asset Management.
February 10
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Muni yields were bumped one to eight basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields fell three to 10 basis points, with the greatest gains out long.
February 5
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Tax exemption concerns — though an elimination is unlikely — and the loss of federal stimulus will "most assuredly pull forward delayed issuance, with the first half of 2025 volume to exceed second half volume," said James Welch, a municipal portfolio manager at Principal Asset Management.
February 4
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The Fed meets this week, but the probability of another cut at Wednesday's meeting seems low amid elevated inflation and growth data, said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics.
January 28
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Tech stocks suffered on "worries that Beijing is becoming increasingly competitive in the high-stakes artificial intelligence race," said José Torres, senior economist at Interactive Brokers.
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