Public finance

As some states see new coronavirus lockdowns, municipals maintain stalwart position.

Protecting the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and reviving Build America Bonds are priorities for the New Partnership on Infrastructure.

While reducing the FY21 spending plan to $87 billion, New York's mayor said he needs $1 billion in labor concessions or the city could lay off up to 22,000 workers.

In 15 years at Wilshire Consulting, he worked with public and corporate pension funds, foundations, endowments and insurance companies.

Cooper Howard, director of fixed income strategy at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, talks about the bifurcation in the market and what investors should look at during the rest of the year.

Municipal bond funds and ETFs saw combined inflows of $2.942 billion in the week ended June 17, ICI said.

The state's flagship university returns to the market after S&P Global Ratings improved its rating outlook and Moody's Investors Service lowered it.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which has been on life support for years, is expected to close if the measure fails.

As officials in the tourism-dependent county prepare for a resurgence of tourism as attractions reopen, they are also dealing with a surge of COVID-19 cases.

The city's utility enterprise received rating boosts ahead of a $318 million revenue bond deal that will price after this week's general obligation deal.

Municipals finished little changed on Tuesday in light trading activity with the summer seeming to settle in.

Bond analyst Joseph Krist examines the types of debt most vulnerable to the coronavirus hit. He also discusses the Federal Reserve's Municipal Lending Facility. Recorded June 10. Paul Burton hosts.

Despite this week’s smaller calendar, the recent surge of bond deals could make June the most active month of 2020.

Most consolidated rent-a-car facility debt is structured with solid debt service reserves, a cushion for investors after the coronavirus halted travel.

Highlights of a House Democrat legislative package include a new series of taxable direct-pay bonds that would start with a federal 42% subsidy for interest expenses.

A bankruptcy judge will be asked to sign off on the sale of BHF's Shoreline portfolio in Chicago and will hold an initial Chapter 11 hearing on another portfolio.

Municipal bonds finished a very active week little changed as participants caught their breath after seeing almost $12 billion of new issues come to market.

Century Housing says it has financed 45,000 affordable housing units, but this marks its first venture into the municipal bond market with a muni CUSIP.

Besides navigating coronavirus market disruption, investors also find themselves dealing with the increasingly important and often inconsistent climate risk disclosure.

Refinitiv Lipper reported $1.7 billion of municipal bond fund inflows. while municipal prices were little changed Thursday.