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The municipal bond market can expect issuance to come in on par with what the market has seen in recent weeks and market participants expect demand to continue to outweigh supply.
October 14 -
The nation's drinking and wastewater systems are extremely underfunded and in need of billions of dollars of additional bond financing, according to a new study from the Center for American Progress.
October 12 -
Slide show of Puerto Rico Public Private Partnerships P3s
October 12
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The New York Superintendent of Financial Services has filed a rehabilitation plan for bond insurer Financial Guaranty Insurance Company that will initially pay 15% on policy claims.
October 11 -
Investors' attitudes towards premium bonds have changed. They realize that they are at the bottom of the interest-rate cycle and facing a potentially volatile period in the markets. So they are adopting a defensive stance with the muni bonds they are buying.
October 11 -
Tax-exempt money market funds generated new cash as $1.50 billion of inflows boosted total net assets to $269.91 billion in the week ended Oct. 8, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
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Standard & Poor's expects slightly negative economic conditions for state and local governments in 2013.
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Ohio is selling GO bonds this week and Garvee bonds in November. Ohio says the Garvee deal will proceed despite uncertainty over federal transportation funding and the fiscal cliff.
October 9
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Transportation and infrastructure policy has taken a back seat throughout the presidential campaign so far, a fact that industry insiders think is an intentional dodge of the daunting challenge of funding new investment.
October 9
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Estimates for municipal bond volume are expected to ratchet up this week. An anticipated $8.26 billion in long-term bonds should reach the market, versus a revised $7.54 billion last week.
October 8 -
Moody's Investors Service is retaining its negative credit outlook on local governments.
October 5 -
Recent declines in graduate school enrollment numbers are a credit negative for the higher education sector, Moody's Investors Service said in a recent report.
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