Capital markets

Investor-owned utilities are recovering quickly from the storm, the rating agency said.

Opponents withdrew petitions for a threatened referendum that had stalled plans to issue bonds for the Quicken Loans Arena rehab.

Kevin Lembo says rating agencies are poised to hammer the state and its cities again.

Advantages in price, execution, transparency, and liquidity run up against the market's reluctance to change.

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Volume in the primary municipal bond market is expected to decline to fewer than $4 billion of bonds issued, a typical slowdown following a holiday weekend.

The signing of Illinois Senate Bill 1947 alleviates the uncertainty for schools created by the multiyear state budget stalemate and recent veto, Standard & Poor’s said.

The UT system will offer investors a choice of taxable or tax-exempt debt as it prices $600 million of bonds.

Municipalities object to a report by Gov. Dannel Malloy's budget office that defends the level of state aid.

Volume shrank from August 2016, when the market was on a record-breaking run.

A firm deploying a direct-to-buyer bond technology platform was among the co-managers.

The state passed a law to strengthen its school credit enhancement program, bringing Moody's upgrades to 58 school districts.

The state priced a pair of GO offerings, one sold through negotiation and the other competitively.

The Scott County School District obtained an underlying rating instead of relying on the state’s recently downgraded enhancement program.

The short-term fiscal impact of Hurricane Harvey on public entities in Texas and Louisiana will be mitigated by their financial flexibility and support from federal and state governments and private insurance policies, Fitch Ratings said.

The exit from insurance will halt losses the health provider's losses, said Moody's Investors Service.

Narrowing liquidity and elevated liabilities led to the one-notch downgrade and a negative outlook.

A full assessment of Hurricane Harvey's impact to municipal credits remains weeks away as Houston and southeast Texas continue battling high waters.

Primary municipal bond market volume is expected to perk up to $6.9 billion in the coming week, more than one-third of it in a single deal from the Golden State.

S&P Global Ratings said it has revised its outlook on the state of New Jersey to stable from negative.