Public finance

Refinitiv Lipper reported $139.364 million of muni fund inflows, the 17th week in a row of positive results, but the lowest gain since July.

The short-term Municipal Liquidity Facility does not meet the city's needs, the mayor said while repeating his call for borrowing authority from New York State.

Nick Bucklin, vice president and portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton, talks with Chip Barnett about ESG investing and why municipal green bonds are an important component of an investor’s portfolio. (19 minutes)

The Florida State Board of Administration Finance Corp. deal was upsized by $1 billion on a day that gave muni buyers a wide variety of paper to choose from.

Local governments gain new bond capacity to offset COVID-19-related losses after Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill revised after he vetoed the original measure.

September got off to a good start as buyers had their pick of a variety of new issues, which priced into a stable market environment.

A drop in fuel consumption prompted New Jersey to raise its gas tax, above the levels of New York, whose residents took advantage of lower prices and filled up before exiting the state when driving through.

Both the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association among other groups plan to ask Congress to extend existing highway funding for a year.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration is weighing more debt refinancing, layoffs and tax hikes to fully close the budget gap

As a director in public finance, Maura Davalos will focus on FHA-insured healthcare financings; she will be based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Adie Tomer, a fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, talks with Sarah Wynn on the hopes for a future infrastructure bill and what form it could take before and after the November elections. (19 minutes)

Price guidance was issued on California's $2.4 billion GO deal as the State of New York Mortgage Agency got ready for its first social bond issue as the ESG muni market expands.

The California Housing Finance Agency made its first use of a program that enables it to issue bonds beyond its yearly private activity bond cap.

The refinancings will ease near-term debt service pressures as pledged tax revenue tumbles and convention center business remains halted with uncertain near-term prospects.

About 30 million Americans risk being evicted in coming months because they can’t pay rent, one report says.

In taking advantage of historically low taxable municipal bond rates, Florida's deal should be attractive for yield-starved investors, state official says.

Municipals were weaker on Friday, with yields on the long end finishing out the day up one basis point. Since Aug. 12, when the muni market correction began and yields moved off record low levels, the yield on 10-year muni has risen by 23 basis points while the 30-year yield is up 29 basis points, according to Refinitiv MMD.

Street space has become the new battlegrounds as municipalities, with fewer resources, look to reimagine themselves.

The New York City suburb achieved record low interest rates for a more than $40 million bond transaction following a credit upgrade that reflected its recent fiscal discipline.

The Chicago Board of Education warns of tough spending decisions ahead if the federal government doesn't act on a new stimulus/relief package.