Public finance

California's troubled high-speed rail project was not a priority in the bill the Senate passed Tuesday, amid $66 billion targeted for intercity rail.

The legislation passed the Senate by 69-30 setting the stage for House lawmakers to work on it and for Senate Democrats to weigh a social infrastructure agenda.

Deputy budget director David Womack explains what generates investor confidence in the city. Paul Burton and Chip Barnett host. (14 minutes)

Triple-A benchmarks saw cuts of one to two basis points across the curve, but still outperformed two days of UST weakness and have outperformed UST losses since the start of the month.

Even if the Oversight Board can legally approve new debt for the deal, some market participants say the future "willingness to pay" is the larger consideration.

Treasury has already halted the sale of state and local securities, known as SLGS.

Better-than-expected job gains, a rising UST complex and an increase in supply to test municipals' resolve.

Rising sea levels could make catastrophic events such as recent subway flooding more intense and frequent in places including New York and Boston.

The board will say it has treated the creditors fairly, it meets the 'best interest' test for debtors, and its plan preempts dozens of local laws.

Secondary trading petered off into Thursday afternoon, holding triple-A benchmarks steady as most participants await Friday's nonfarm payrolls.

The firm has brought on Kalotay Analytics' quantitative libraries to calculate certain metrics, including average life dates and cash-flow yields for taxable term bonds.

The N.C. Local Government Commission approved Wake County's request to finance almost $600 million for school and community college projects and the state’s plan to issue $300 million of GARVEEs for DOT work.

Better funding levels prompted S&P Global Ratings to revise the outlook on the state's BBB-plus GO bond rating to positive from stable.

The short end of the market has little room to fall lower.

Judge Swain also allowed Debt Recovery Authority bondholders efforts to protect their collateral to continue.

With all eyes on Friday’s employment report, since several additional strong months of gains are needed for the Federal Reserve to be comfortable announcing a tapering of its asset purchases, Wednesday’s news could signal trouble.

Effective spread data yielded interesting results about the way corporate and municipal bonds were treated by Fed backstop programs.

The rating agency also affirmed the ratings on 18 large airports and major airline hub facilities across the United States.

Pitfalls loom despite improved bond ratings and an improving fiscal picture, according to members of the state's fiscal control board.

Tighter bidding on bonds 10 years and in pushed high-grade benchmark curves to bump yields.