Capital markets

The South Carolina-owned agency’s A1 bond rating could be lowered due to threats from pending legislation and litigation, Moody’s said.

Aid to Hartford, in light of Connecticut’s assumption of city GO debt over 20 years, has become a lightning rod.

Fitch and S&P's affirmation of Milwaukee's double-A ratings comes after Moody's cut the city.

Kurt Forsgren, managing director of S&P, discusses climate change, ESG, infrastructure approaches — especially tolling — and trade policy and what each means for a municipality’s rating. John Hallacy hosts.

Monthly volume rose the highest in the year to date, as an increase in new-money deals partly offset a decline in refunding transactions.

Backers say the blockchain "micro" bonds could finance a new fire truck for the California city.

Weekly municipal bond volume will be down with the Federal Open Market Committee set to meet, though no interest rate increase is expected.

Illinois paid more to borrow in Wednesday's bond sale compared to last year, though yields narrowed from recent trading levels.

S&P Global Ratings lifted Moberly, Missouri, out of speculative grade with a four-notch upgrade.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority expects to finance 695 mortgages for first-time home buyers through its planned $118 million issuance of fixed-rate bonds.

With competing party-line legislative budgets, a rebuke of both by the governor and a worsening deficit projection, the state is careening toward more fiscal turmoil and further backlash from Wall Street.

Pushing off painful decisions tanked Illinois' ratings while California reaped spread and rating benefits from better choices.

With tax season in the rear view mirror, supply is set to rise to $7.8 billion as demand rebounds.

The new site is designed to drive investment in the Massachusetts capital.

The commonwealth plans a competitive sale for the $500 million in fixed-rate, tax-exempt new-money general obligation bonds.

The net designated syndication rule is one whose time has passed. The municipal market should modernize, following the lead of other markets as to how issuer monies from its bond issues are paid to underwriters.

With more than 100 structures closed recently due to potential safety risks, Moody's said the state’s deteriorating infrastructure is credit negative.

Nine Oregon school districts are responsible for half of the $1 billion in school capital appreciation bond issuance nationally since January 2017.

New Jersey's third-most-populous city retains a junk Ba1 underling rating, but Moody's boosted its outlook to stable.

S&P Global Ratings still has the district well inside junk-bond territory at a B rating.