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The macroeconomic boost from U.S.-China's 90-day pause on tariffs is partial and could prove temporary, S&P Global Ratings analysts said.

The U.S. loses its third triple-A rating as Congress works to pass a massive tax cuts and spending bill.

Curt Hess is the U.S. Executive President at Vitesse, where he is leading the company's strategic expansion in the American insurance market. Curt brings over 25 years of experience across fintech and global banking, most recently as Chief Operating Officer at 10x Banking, helping scale operations at one of the UK's most innovative fintech firms. Prior to that, Curt held multiple C-level roles during a 12-year tenure at Barclays, including Chief Executive Officer of the US Consumer Bank and Chief Executive Officer of Europe Retail and Business Banking. Earlier in his career, Curt held senior finance leadership positions at Citi as well as with Bank of America in the U.S. His deep expertise in digital transformation, operational scale, and client-centric innovation uniquely positions him to drive Vitesse's U.S. momentum in the insurance space.

Valentin Neiconi is chief risk officer of Stax.

Municipals were cut up four basis points, depending on the curve, through noon.

Pops, a managing director at cfX, a municipal advisory firm serving housing finance agencies, brought passion and institutional knowledge to the sector.

A deal on the state and local tax deduction cap remained elusive as of Monday morning.

The deal includes a mix of new money and refunding, with a small forward-delivery series, as the authority plows forward with capital plans.

Daily report for May 19, 2025

Michael A. Stachowiak is the chief revenue officer at Enrollify.

Rising debt and interest payment ratios over more than a decade, to levels higher than other nations', prompted the downgrade, Moody's said.

Issuance for the week of May 19 is estimated at $11.667 billion.

Gregory V. Kanarian is an investment strategist at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions representing the firm's direct indexing strategies.

Prior to joining the investment strategies group, Greg was a portfolio consultant at Natixis for 12 years. Previously, he was a portfolio consultant with Deutsche Bank and a financial planning associate with Pillar Financial Advisors. He is a CFA charterholder and is FINRA Series 7 and 66 licensed.

Lawmakers have $755 million less to spend and only six more weeks to work on the two-year budget.

The committee may take the bill up again as soon as Monday.

As the Trump administration puts its stamp on dispensing infrastructure funding, proponents of P3's, PABs, federal and formula funding are squaring off against grants to state and local governments.

The rating agency, which gave the state a positive outlook a year ago, upgraded its general obligation rating a notch to AA-plus ahead of a $25 million bond sale.

The Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank priced $125 million revenue bonds, with delivery expected next week.