Munis

The MSRB has announced an extension for municipal bond advisors seeking Series 54 certification, moving the compliance date from to Nov. 30, 2021, from Nov.12.

The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority and the Kentucky Turnpike Authority plan refunding revenue bond sales this month.

The nearly 40% year-over-year decrease is a result of various factors including rising interest rates, other financing tools, such as forward delivery bonds, and simply that refundings are in less demand from issuers.

The absence of advance refunding and a direct-pay bond program in the bipartisan infrastructure package has lobbyists pushing for inclusion of those things in the reconciliation bill, a matter only weeks away.

S&P has Muncie and Plainfield on its watch list with negative implications.

Several cities could eliminate or drastically reduce unfunded pension liabilities, Reason Foundation's Robert Poole found.

New money volume in the Far West was up 31.9% to $29.5 billion, while refunding volume rose a more modest 11%.

The trouble stems from a West Virginia tender offer deal Crews & Associates recommended to an issuer.

A large increase in new money bond issuance pushed the 11-state region to a big year-over-year volume gain.

An uptick in new money borrowing fell far short of making up for a decline in refundings.

Fitch Ratings also maintained a negative outlook on BART.

Municipal bond volume in the Southwest region increased in the first half of 2021 as its seven other states more than made up for a decline in Texas.

The MTA budgets 16 months for environmental review of the tolling project for Manhattan's central business district.

Despite a slowdown in June, long-term municipal bond volume is ahead of last year's record-breaking pace with more than $231 million in six months.

Municipal bonds ended the week unchanged for the sixth consecutive trading session as inflows surged as more than $7 billion is headed to market next week.

Issuers sold nearly $60 billion of debt as states, cities and agencies adjusted to the COVID-19 environment and other variables.

Adovactes are hopeful a provision cutting in half the required PAB-financing for low-income housing projects will be in the upcoming reconciliation package.

John Pellici and Yaffa Rattner bring deep public finance experience to Hilltop.

The authority succeeded in selling unrated bonds to take out CCC-rated bonds.

The House's powerful speaker will need to win the votes of moderates.