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Refundings have dominated the new supply of municipal bonds so far in 2012. They've been driving up demand by taking higher coupon bonds out of the market
June 26
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Refundings have dominated the new supply of municipal bonds so far in 2012. They've been driving up demand by taking higher coupon bonds out of the market.
June 26 -
Officials from the Chicago Transit Authority Monday said a $20 million federal TIGER grant would allow the agency to move forward with upgrades to a busy transit terminal.
June 26 -
Several municipal bond provisions that have gotten strong support from muni lobbyists, market participants, and state governments and which were included in the Senate-passed highway bill may not survive eleventh-hour House-Senate committee negotiations, stakeholders say.
June 26 -
With the initial development period on military housing privatization winding down, coping with uncertainty was the theme of the Bond Buyer conference in Washington.
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Table as of: 06/25/2012 16:13 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
June 26 -
The finances of local and state governments and other muni sectors generally improved from 2010 to 2011, according to McDonnell Investment Management, LLC.
June 25
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New Rule G-43 requires that broker's brokers make reasonable efforts to obtain fair and reasonable prices when conducting secondary-market "bid-wanted" auctions.
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In the aftermath of Moody's Investors Service downgrade of several key U.S. banks late Thursday, it downgraded roughly $64 billion in affected municipal debt Friday afternoon.
June 22
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At an anticipated $8.11 billion, municipal bond issuance this week should subside slightly. But because investors are neck-deep in heavy cash flows, the market has been absorbing healthy calendars over the past few weeks with only modest concessions to yields.
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The latest round of TIGER grant funding will disburse nearly $500 million to 47 projects in 34 states and the District of Columbia, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Friday. The Department of Transportation received 703 applications from all 50 states, U.S. territories, and D.C. The awards ranged from $1 million to $21.6 million.
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The American Public Power Association and a California Public Agency have commented on proposed IRS governmental plan regulations, suggesting changes to provide certainty to existing participants in governmental plans.
June 21 -
Mary Schapiro, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, laid out a case for additional money market reforms before the Senate Banking Committee Thursday.
June 21
