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Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings on Sweet Briar College's bonds to B-minus from BBB due to a recent decision to close the central Virginia woman's college.
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Congress is not likely to pass a long-term transportation funding bill or tax reform legislation of any kind until 2017, after the presidential election, lobbyists said at the National Municipal Bond Summit earlier this week.
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Portfolio manager Michael Pepe is buying bonds with 10-year call provisions and hospital bonds with attractive yields to cope with a flat yield curve and tight spreads as the market awaits higher interest rates.
March 4 -
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Panelists at an American Enterprise Institute event expressed concerns with proposals from Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., to create a national infrastructure bank and fund infrastructure through repatriation of foreign earnings.
March 3
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Funding boost in Obama's $478 billion transportation proposal needed so state agencies can build significant projects, Foxx says.
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Hospital credits could be hurt if the Supreme Court strikes down federal health insurance subsidies established by the Affordable Care Act, Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday.
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Political controversies in Washington, D.C. are clouding the future of infrastructure funding in the United States, experts said at the National Municipal Bond Summit.
March 3
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Strong overall demand for municipals and opportunities for relatively attractive yields in the new-issue market should propel interest in next week's primary market sized at nearly $9 billion.
February 27
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Standard & Poor's had more than two times more upgrades than downgrades in 2014.
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The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, declined one basis point to 4.25% from 4.26% for the week ended Feb. 19.
February 26
