Public finance

Moody's boosted the revenue bond rating of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to Aa3.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority began the first of a two-day order period geared toward retail investors.

Buffalo Comptroller Mark Schroeder addresses the city’s latest fiscal challenges stemming from dwindling reserves and his political future after an unsuccessful Democratic primary challenge against longtime Mayor Byron Brown. Andrew Coen hosts.

A battle of the coasts brews this week as the New York City Transitional Finance Authority and the state of California will sell about $2.5 billion of muni bonds, a big chunk of the $3.6 billion holiday week calendar.

Theboard says Gov. Ricardo Rosselló's plan needs reduced spending and more conservative projections for revenues.

The week’s $3.6 billion new issue calendar will be dominated by New York City and California.

Fitch Ratings upgraded the city's issuer default rating to AA-minus from A-plus.

Monthly new-issue volume surpassed the $30 billion mark for the fourth time this year in August, helping keep third-quarter issuance close to last year's pace and potentially setting the stage for a more robust season of issuance in the Fall.

Municipal bond buyers will see $3.6 billion of volume hit the screens during the upcoming holiday-shortened trading week.

The committee will review claims stemming from a 608-page report on the history of Puerto Rico's debt problem.

In the week ended August 30, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index was unchanged from 4.01% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

Cleveland Hopkins is planning to issue $90.3 million of series 2018 A refunding bonds and $21 million of series 2018B bonds.

The New York mayor says he will seek federal funding for the $2.7 billion project.

July's elevated revenues continue a several-month-long pattern of General Fund revenues coming in above budget.

Municipal bonds showed strength on Thursday as market participants look ahead to next week.

Moody's Investors Service took the Nevada city up to Baa1.

Most of the damage caused by the region's many summer blazes has been contained to wildlands.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. will issue $1.75 billion of bonds for the privately owned passenger train project.

Terms of the plan support agreement and term sheet are consistent with those first announced on Aug. 8.

Municipal bond market participants were wrapping up the last of the week’s primary supply and looking ahead to next week’s holiday-shortened trading week.