Public finance

Bond parties to challenge Judge Swain's ruling saying they do not have a lien on revenues, among other things.

City Controller Chris Brown called for more due diligence on financing plans for a $2.6 billion project to renovate Bush Intercontinental Airport's Terminal B.

A significant chunk of the costs will be passed to ratepayers, experts said.

The first fees filed under the MSRB's new rate card model are in line with expectations,but its long term budget growth has some worried about its future.

Earnings from the city's nine casinos and two internet-based gambling services fell year-over-year but remained above 2019 levels, a state regulator said.

"There weren't many exemptions made to paying the fee, which should help maximize revenues and make them more predicable when considering leveraging this new revenue stream for infrastructure improvements," said Howard Cure of Evercore Wealth Management.

Triple-A yields have fallen up to 95 basis points on the month, supply is up 7.8% year-over-year for November and the month is posting positive returns, which has, in turn, led to well over 3.50% returns year-to-date.

Swain rejects five bondholder arguments, bringing approval of the Oversight Board's plan of adjustment nearer.

The higher returns offered by alternatives also carry higher risk.

November's total volume rose 7.8% to $28.464 billion in 652 issues. For volume to top total 2022 issuance, December would need to see $44.329 billion of issuance.

Any treatment of municipal securities as posted collateral must carefully consider the potential impact on market liquidity, financing costs for municipalities, and the broader functioning of the municipal bond market.

The Equity in Infrastructure Project, created to generate opportunities for historically underserved businesses, hit 56 pledges at a California event.

The continued drop in yields has been "buoyed by a broad rate rally and intra-market fundamentals that simply have created more buyers than sellers," noted Kim Olsan, senior vice president of municipal bond trading at FHN Financial.

The White House is set to announce whether the controversial high-speed project will win a major rail grant by the end of the year.

The outlook revision from negative comes as the school system prepares to tap more of its record $2.44 billion of voter-approved bond authorization next year.

High interest rates are exposing both challenges and opportunities.

Delayed over the summer amid rising interest rates, Miami-Dade County is now set to come to market with its taxable revenue bond sale for PortMiami.

Illinois spreads tightened considerably after ratings upgrades earlier this year. The state saw up to 10 bidders on $875 million of taxable and tax-exempt GOs.

West Virginia reduced its pension debt burden by 90% from 2000 to 2021, according to a recent report from the Pew Charitable Trust.

While the muni market faces some headwinds, such as rich relative yields, near-term returns "are likely to be favorable for munis," said Cooper Howard, a fixed-income strategist at Charles Schwab.