Economy

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority tops the calendar in the first full week of 2020 with about $2.5 billion of bonds and notes.

While the impending signing of a phase one trade deal with China should help the manufacturing sector rebound, Boeing’s decision to halt manufacturing of its 737 MAX will be a short-term negative for the ISM index.

While members of the Federal Open Market Committee believe monetary policy is in a good place, several factors have the power to change that.

The Jacksonville, Florida-owned utility’s managing director and chief financial officer were both fired amid turmoil over a privatization process, which was canceled.

Residents in Riverside filed a lawsuit seeking to end the city’s practice of transferring water utility revenue.

The authority approaches next week’s planned $2.5 billion of issuance buoyed by clearance of its five year, $51.5 billion capital program.

President Trump’s New Year’s Eve announcement that he will sign a phase one trade deal with China will offer some stability to those hurt most by the trade war and should allow the Federal Reserve to keep monetary policy accommodative, according to analysts.

Kurt Krummenacker, senior vice president at Moody's, talks about important developments in the active airport sector of the muni bond market. John Hallacy hosts.

New state funds mean the authority heads into 2020 with a stronger fiscal hand to manage capital and operating needs for at least the next five years.

The governor said that the government must now move toward a long-term solution to WAPA's problems.

Illinois residents will experience stop-and-go deja vu next year, with many construction projects continuing from years past.

As surface transportation funding is set to expire later in 2020, a new reauthorization could help push muni bond initiatives next year.

The markets will build on 2019’s gains next year, as they withstood “trade tensions, impeachment, and geopolitical uncertainties” with the economy posting a record 11th year of expansion, according to economists.

Jay Goldstone was considered instrumental in San Diego’s re-entry to the bond markets following the city’s pensions scandal in the mid-aughts.

Gary Hall of Siebert Williams Shank talks with Chip Barnett about the recent merger which created the largest minority- and women-owned investment bank in the U.S. He looks back at his time at the MSRB and looks ahead to what the market may see in 2020.

Public backlash and procedural missteps led the Jacksonville, Florida municipal utility’s board to end negotiations with potential bidders.

Manufacturing activity contracted again in December, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s survey.

The U.S. Department of Transportation reasonably determined the Florida’s passenger train owners were qualified to receive private activity bond financing.

Bob Labes, a partner at Squire Patton Boggs, explores the growth of multifamily housing bonds, private activity bond caps, the RAD program and other dynamics. Paul Burton hosts.

New home sales rose to 719,000 in November, from a downwardly revised 710,000 pace in October, first reported as a 733,000 pace, the Commerce Department said Monday.