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With the government reopened and data expected to flow, the Federal Open Market Committee may cut rates again at its Dec. 9-10 meeting. Steve Skancke, chief economic advisor at Keel Point, will break down the meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference and the new Summary
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With the government reopened and data flowing, the FOMC may cut rates again in Dec. Steve Skancke, Chief Economic Advisor at Keel Point, will break down the mee
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"There are pressures that locals will be feeling, and the states can compound those pressures; sometimes they do, sometimes they don't," S&P Managing Director Jane Ridley said. #muniland #ratingagencies #stategovernments #localgovernments #sandp
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States face broadening credit challenges, and while local governments have shown resilience, school districts are more at risk, S&P Global Ratings said.
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"The economy of Puerto Rico is proving more resilient than what some observers projected," said Vicente Feliciano, president of Puerto Rico-based Advantage Business Consulting. "In this case, usage of the tollroads has been satisfactory in spite of demographic challenges."
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This is the first upgrade of bonds supported by assets currently or formerly in the Puerto Rico government's hands since the passage of PROMESA in 2016.
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"Landowners pay taxes for the subsidies the developer receives as its revenue, and then get paid nothing by that same developer," said the attorney for a group challenging a North Dakota carbon pipeline. #muniland #carbonpipeline #northdakota
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The Project Tundra carbon capture project – a public-private partnership involving a 2,500-mile pipeline through parts of the Midwest – suffered a setback.
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"With the market pricing near certainty of this policy outcome, there should be little market reaction from this rate cut," said Marvin Loh, senior macro strategist at State Street Global Markets. "The bigger question is whether an apparently divided Fed is coalescing around a
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Much has changed since October and most economists are sure the FOMC will lower rates by 25 basis points this week, with dissenting votes expected.
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If the value of bitcoin increases, bondholders will "get a percentage of the upside" along with their coupon, said James Key-Wallace, executive director of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority. #muniland #primarybondmarket #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #newhampshire
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Investors are about to get a chance to buy bitcoin-backed municipal bonds. It won't be the last, according to the team behind the New Hampshire-based deal.
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The "real noise" coming from the Federal Open Market Committee meeting will be around the number of dissents, which could be up to two committee members, said Jake Schurmeier of Harbor Capital Advisors. #muniland #primarybondmarket
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Issuers mostly avoided pricing deals in the previous weeks the Fed met this year, but that's not the case this week, said Pat Luby, head of municipal strategy at CreditSights, and Wilson Lees, an...
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How is technology advancing public #finance and helping industry leaders be more efficient? Find out on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at The Bond Buyer’s complimentary Advances in Tech Demo Event. Join an engaging webinar where you’ll experience live tech demos that showcase
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With the government reopened and data expected to flow, the Federal Open Market Committee may cut rates again at its Dec. 9-10 meeting. Steve Skancke, chief economic advisor at Keel Point, will break down the meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference and the new Summary
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With the government reopened and data flowing, the FOMC may cut rates again in Dec. Steve Skancke, Chief Economic Advisor at Keel Point, will break down the mee
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"How can you be a green bond product and build an airport at the same time, when [air travel] is the biggest agent of greenhouse gas emission?" asked Alethia Nancoo, partner at Squire Patton Boggs. #muniland #dealoftheyear #doty #jfkairport #greenbonds
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The deal combined the benefits of a green designation with a massive, highly visible airport project.
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The MSRB probably picked Trower as someone who knew something about municipal bonds but wasn't part of the industry and had distinguished himself in the Supreme Court case, said Ernesto Lanza, then MSRB general counsel and now its chief regulatory and policy counsel. #muniland
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C. Christopher Trower was the lead attorney before the Supreme Court in a case that upheld states' rights to preferential tax treatment of their own bonds.
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With the government reopened and data expected to flow, the Federal Open Market Committee may cut rates again at its Dec. 9-10 meeting. Steve Skancke, chief economic advisor at Keel Point, will break down the meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference and the new Summary
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With the government reopened and data flowing, the FOMC may cut rates again in Dec. Steve Skancke, Chief Economic Advisor at Keel Point, will break down the mee
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The debt includes $18.59 million in refunded revenue bonds issued by the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank as a conduit for SRI. #muniland
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SRI International had its outstanding bonds downgraded to Baa1 because of its exposure to declining federal grants.
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"This selection speaks to the heart of what these awards celebrate," said Mike Scarchilli, Editor in Chief of The Bond Buyer, at Tuesday's gala. "It is not simply the size of a transaction, nor is it novelty for novelty's sake. It is the clarity of purpose, the precision of
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The transaction, which supports the Navajo community in Ganado, Arizona, represents a major landmark in furthering Native American health care infrastructure, overcoming hurdles tribal governments...
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"It's a terrible airport," said Trump. "It was incorrectly designed with a good building. We're going to make that into something really spectacular." #muniland #airports #dulles
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The Trump administration is requesting information on revitalizing Dulles International Airport, including the possibility of tapping a public-private partnership.
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The P3 office accepts unsolicited proposals twice a year and in October, its most recent window, it received four, P3 office director Mike Bonini said. #muniland #pennsylvania #p3
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Cintra submitted a proposal calling for four new tolled managed lanes on I-76 that would be structured as a $5 billion, 50-year design-build-finance-operate-maintain P3.
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With the government reopened and data expected to flow, the Federal Open Market Committee may cut rates again at its Dec. 9-10 meeting. Steve Skancke, chief economic advisor at Keel Point, will break down the meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference and the new Summary
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With the government reopened and data flowing, the FOMC may cut rates again in Dec. Steve Skancke, Chief Economic Advisor at Keel Point, will break down the mee
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The New Jersey-based firm was allegedly unaware of the requirement that led to the violations, FINRA found. #muniland
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FINRA found that the firm failed to include the non-transaction-based compensation indicator when reporting 12,066 municipal securities transactions.
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The Regents of the University of California return to the municipal bond market next week with an offering upsized from one pulled in August amid Trump administration threats to its research funding. https://t.co/DRnc4AFvM9
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The Regents of the University of California will sell $2 billion of bonds next week after yanking a $1.5 billion summer deal amid Trump administration threats.
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Supply will slow toward the end of the year, with some $10 billion weeks between now and yearend, said Ben Barber, director of municipal bonds at Franklin Templeton. "So it should be pretty calm in terms of things that could potentially happen toward yearend." #muniland
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The tax-exempt muni market has performed "exceptionally well" so far this week, outperforming USTs, said J.P. Morgan strategists led by Peter DeGroot.
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