Public finance

Armed with higher ratings since its last sale four years ago, the city is set to return to the market with a bang. 

Chicago is facing myriad headwinds. But its GO bond sale last week was oversubscribed and city officials said that allowed them to lower yields in repricing.

The top five May bond financings totaled more than $5 billion.

The nonfarm payrolls report shows the economy is "hanging in there," though it is slowing, said Jeff MacDonald of Fiduciary Trust International.

Observers say a bankruptcy by Genera PR could complicate the PREPA bankruptcy.

Cities and states have until Aug. 1 to apply for the funds.

The upshot of the report by Payden & Rygel's Travis McGahey is that the risk of severe credit deterioration and bond defaults remains low.

Notre Dame College in Ohio faces legal action on at least three fronts after defaulting on bond debt and a swap agreement and allegedly misusing donor funds.

This week the market has performed "exceedingly well" with the tailwind of June 1 reinvestment capital, said J.P. Morgan strategists led by Peter DeGroot.

The utility expects the bonds to have an all-in true interest cost of 4.91%.

Ahead of a 14-3 vote to pass the $7 billion spending plan, concerns were raised about new legislation affecting the city's public safety pension funds.

The North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management says the state will have widening deficits starting in fiscal 2026 unless changes are made.

There is still a lot of chaos and uncertainty out there, said Jennifer Johnston, director of municipal bond research at Franklin Templeton.

The bullet train's delays and cost overruns amount to a material project change and event of default under the federal-state agreement, the FRA said.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is pricing $714.4 million worth of airport system revenue and refunding bonds on Thursday as part of a scheduled sale with an uncertain demand.

City comptroller Brad Lander says there's no legal mechanism to issue bitcoin bonds, whatever Mayor Eric Adams may have told a cryptocurrency conference.

"We're going to get a lot of price discovery with the big deals, a large number of deals, and then a lot of cash to put to work," said Whitney Fitts of Appleton Partners.

A legislative office predicted the tax cut package would lead to a loss of $500 million a year rather than be revenue neutral.

The longtime muni bond strategist left Wells Fargo earlier this year.

The American Association of Port Authorities is pushing back at the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act over plans to curtail two key grant programs vital to the maritime sector.