Public finance

Variables related to other post-employment benefit liabilities jeopardize core services in the tri-state area, said the Manhattan Institute.

Most of the deal from Connecticut's largest city will be taxable, with the lion's share going to a pension fund.

The Supreme Court let a lower court decision stand that may mean bondholders will get 100 cents on the dollar instead of 13 cents on $3.2 billion of bonds.

Miami-Dade County is seeking proposals from firms to build a transit link across Biscayne Bay.

This week's new deals will price into a market that has seen declining yields as stocks and Treasuries have weathered market volatility.

The Bourne and Sagamore bridges over the Cape Cod Canal are functionally obsolete, according to their owner, the Army Corps of Engineers.

Following suit with the issuers and underwriters, top muni financial advisors were outpacing business done to this point last year with $224.84 billion, up from $206.93 billion. The first three spots in the rankings remained the same for the big players, as the rest of the field saw a bevy of changes.

Through three quarters municipal bond issuers are coming to market more frequently than they did during the same period of 2018, as low rates and yields are too good to pass up and demand for muni bonds is closing in on an all-time high.

Municipal underwriters saw increased business, as demand for muni bonds jumped through the roof. Top muni underwriters accounted for $267.51 billion in 7,310 deals, up from $239.33 billion in 6,406 transactions in the first nine months of 2018.

Taxable bonds are spiking with the lack of advanced refundings; Green bonds also take the spotlight.

The city is asking private operators interested in leasing Lambert Airport to submit their qualifications, a move likely to lead in to a bidding process.

The municipal market continues to flex its muscles even as the U.S. economy seems to be slowing, which could lead to an even flatter yield curve.

New approaches to an often a vexing chore for muni issuers could break new ground in confronting climate change.

The Big Apple was a big presence in the market on Thursday as it sold almost $1 billion of taxable and tax-exempt general obligation bonds.

The island's economic index "is approaching the behavior that existed prior to the hurricane.”

Municipal bonds were on the move Wednesday as two big issuers came to market with over $1 billion of transportation bonds.

A lease agreement between Newark, New Jersey, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will help fund debt service for the pipe replacements.

Assured Guaranty and two other bond insurers recently petitioned the Supreme Court to review an appellate court ruling involving the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority’s special revenue bonds.

A proposal for a rate increase to back a bond got a hostile reception.

The $125 million deal is the first piece of a five-year plan to sell $1.3 billion of Garvees.