Public finance

The projects funded by the deal align with the city of Alexandria's goal to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030.

The deal, which marks the city's largest special facilities revenue bond issuance, will help finance a terminal project at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

The wealthy city is borrowing $124.2 million through its finance authority. The bonds are backed by lease payments the city will pay from its general fund.

The cost of replacing the airport's train system has blown past its budget by $1.45 billion to $3.5 billion.

Houston is set to price Tuesday $1 billion of United Airlines Terminal Improvement Projects AMT revenue bonds while the Public Finance Authority will bring $125 million of non-rated Million Air Three General Aviation Facilities Project revenue bonds.

The agencies cited the authority's strong performance and position.

The $4.5 billion of New York Transportation Development Corp. bonds sold for the P3 won the Northeast category of The Bond Buyer's 2024 Deal of the Year awards.

As headline risk swirls around the Fed and the transition to the Trump administration, municipals have largely stayed in their own lane. November finds the municipal market "in far better technical shape, with an attractive backdrop through at least year-end," J.P. Morgan's Peter DeGroot said. 

The outlook change to negative comes in the wake of voter approval on Nov. 5 of a ballot measure requiring certain public safety spending by the city.

The Aloha State received three rating affirmations as it prepares to sell $750 million of taxable general obligation bonds.

Donald Trump discussed various items related to the Fed and its independence and stated he would not nominate Jerome Powell for another term as chair. Gennadiy Goldberg, head of U.S. rates strategy at TD Securities, discusses what a Trump presidency may mean for the Fed.

A bond-financed rehab of the downtown sports arena is receiving pushback.

The Chicago City Council delivered a strong rebuke of Mayor Brandon Johnson's fiscal 2025 budget on Thursday, rejecting a $300 million property tax increase.

The announcement of $3.4 billion in grants for rail, roads and clean-energy efforts comes on the third anniversary of Biden's signature legislation.

The Los Angeles school district was at the forefront of a Build America Bond refunding wave with its $2.9 billion deal.

This month is experiencing similar volatility as 2016 when generic yields traded higher by 50 to 70 basis points during November of that year, said Kim Olsan, a senior fixed income portfolio manager at NewSquare Capital.

Opposition from President-elect Trump and lawsuits from all sides persuaded Gov. Kathy Hochul to lift her pause on the tolling program.

The court affirmed its earlier decision, which means bondholders have a claim on the full $8.5 billion due.

The county is reviewing responses to a request for proposals to help fund construction of a replacement jail through a bond-financed lease-purchase arrangement.

The finance team burned the midnight oil to assemble and market one of the most complex deals in the municipal market this year.