Economy

Federal Highway Administration officials have told the mass transit agency they would fast-track an environmental review process.

The consequences of not passing infrastructure legislation in the next few months may be dire.

S&P says Trinity's efforts to shed the fiscally struggling Mercy poses benefits and risks but the hospital is a small piece of the national not-for-profit's overall portfolio.

Much of the material being retired dates back more than 35 years.

The Michigan-based nonprofit hospital chain expects a restructuring charge from the Mercy Hospital bankruptcy but no impact to its municipal bond debt.

HJ Sims has used Cinderella bonds, tender offers and forward deliveries to help senior living clients refinance without tax-exempt advance refundings.

A House committee is considering for the first time how grants for ports will be appropriated to combat the pandemic.

Transportation officials weigh the potential and pitfalls of this public-private development mode amid a financial squeeze during the coronavirus.

Officials see the Moynihan Train Hall and other works in progress as springboards for the city's revival from the coronavirus pandemic.

Dealers say increased focus on systemic pennying has decreased its activity, while others aren't so sure.

The philanthropic arm of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. announced donations to support Howard University and Spelman College.

Rich ratios focus buyers' eyes on a primary market that simply doesn't have enough supply to keep up with demand.

The dealer group is concerned the SEC may provide another exemption for municipal advisors to work on private placement deals.

High-yield continues to be sought after as high-grade paper is yielding about 0.70% in 10 years and 1.40% or lower in 30 years and credit spreads continue to tighten in nearly every sector. Ratios are near 20-year record lows.

It is most certainly an issuers' market as rates are low, credit spreads continue to tighten, money pours into municipal bond mutual funds at record levels and a net negative supply of more than $11 billion.

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The reduction would be the largest the MSRB has done, substantially more than a previous one which caused a loss of $5.2 million.

Chicago Board of Education bonds were repriced to lower yields by as much as 37 basis points, showing just how far investors will go for any incremental yield.

While a traffic turnaround may already be starting, analysts warn it will be a slow and difficult return for the airport sector to pre-pandemic levels.

New issues priced with ease with high-grade issuers tight to triple-A benchmarks. It was the first time the municipal yield curve saw such noticeable movement, following little changed secondary activity for nearly the past two weeks.