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The parched market for municipal bond refundings may get some relief next year as call provisions kick in on debt issued a decade ago, easing a supply squeeze that has caused spreads to tighten this year..
May 20
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President Obama used his weekly address to criticize House Republicans for chopping the TIGER grant program to $100 million in 2015.
May 19
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Kent Hiteshew, the director of the Treasury Department's new office of state and local finance, described the office's initial areas of focus and asked municipal government finance officials to provide input about how the office could be helpful.
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Municipal bond volume will jump to the highest level in four weeks as $5.7 billion is estimted to the priced this week, led by a Missouri transportation financing and a Connecticut general obligation offering that plan to vie for investors' attention as the week's largest deals.
May 18
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Congress is expected to pass a compromise water infrastructure bill this week that funds 34 projects totaling $12 billion.
May 16
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The state of Oregon is planning to sell $68 million of tax-exempt and taxable bonds next week to finance capital projects at state universities.
May 16
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BlackRock Inc. says municipal bonds will extend April's gains as the second quarter progresses, though credit quality concerns remain for investors in Puerto Rico, New Jersey and tobacco bonds.
May 16
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The fight over Detroit's proposed 10% recovery for its limited-tax general obligation bonds heated up last week as Ambac challenged the treatment as a failure to understand the basics of Chapter 9 and municipal finance.
May 16 -
Municipal bond fund inflows declined in the week ending May 15 as gains by high-yield funds slowed.
May 16 -
Public finance guru Richard Ravitch, in a lengthy interview, discusses his new book and how cities and states haven't learned from New York's 1975 fiscal crisis.
May 16
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The Bond Buyer's muni bond indexes mostly strengthened in the week ending May 15.
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Federal Judge Steven Rhodes Thursday shot down bond insurers' requests that they be given special access to Detroit's prized art collection for an independent valuation.
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Moody's Investors Service downgraded Atlanta's Morehouse College two notches to Baa3, citing potentially insufficient cash flow for debt service, among other issues.
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Moody's Investors Service upgraded the ratings on University of La Verne, Calif. a notch to Baa1 with a stable outlook affecting $88.4 million in debt.
May 15
