Tax-exempt bonds

The bipartisan Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act would expand the small issue manufacturing bonds and first-time farmer bonds programs.

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.

PABs represented 25.4% of all tax-exempt bonds issued in 2017, up from 21.5% in 2016.

The National Association of Bond Lawyers wants Treasury to fill the position formerly held by John Cross III.

Members of the Public Finance Network sent a letter to Congress urging restoration of advance refunding for tax-exempt bonds.

The audit involved four CUSIPs for $53.995 million in bonds issued in 2009.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he "would like to see at least a couple of hundred billion dollars of new federal bonds."

Its top goal is to increase to $30 million the size of bank-qualified tax-exempt bond issues that can be sold to banks under favorable terms.

The proceeds of the bonds were used for the construction of a 232,100 square foot residential facility with 108 living units located on the main campus of an existing facility in Dallas known as The Overlook.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association survey indicates low interest rates will keep the environment for issuing debt favorable.