<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20783578/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals faced more selling pressure Friday but outperformed U.S. Treasuries ahead of a much lighter supply picture, which should buoy the asset class in the final weeks of the year. This week’s accumulated losses have pushed returns into the red for the month, but municipals are still faring better

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has spent the past two weeks speaking about her administration’s achievements in her two years in office.Bloomberg News Los Angeles city leaders have some work ahead to close a $296.14 million deficit, according to a report City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo delivered to the City Council’s Budget, Finance and Innovation

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20747706/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal bond supply projections for 2025 are at a high of $745 billion and a low of $480 billion, with most firms anticipating issuance next year will be on pace, if not surpass, 2024’s record-breaking total. While interest rates, inflation and macroeconomic policy will play a role in the

A view of the St. Augustine’s University campus with downtown Raleigh, North Carolina in the background.St. Augustine’s University A controversial, high interest-rate loan is helping one of the oldest historically Black colleges in the country, Saint Augustine’s University, stay afloat – for now. After struggling for years to maintain steady enrollment, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based

Michael Decker, senior vice president of federal policy and research at the Bond Dealers of America. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is considering rule changes modernizing disclosure duties for brokers, electronic delivery methods and disclosure timing to boost transparency and standardize practices for municipal fund securities. “We welcome the MSRB’s concept release on municipal fund

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered further mediation in the PREPA bankrputcy despite mediators’ insistence it was pointless. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority parties to return to mediation despite the mediators’ determination further talks would be fruitless. The mediators shared their views in a Monday court filing,

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20767979/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Munis have seen losses over the past week, culminating with Thursday seeing the biggest cuts to triple-A yield curves, as issuance slowed and muni mutual funds reported outflows for the first time since the summer. U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended down. Muni yields were cut two to

Orlando Health senior vice president of finance John Miller said offering the bonds in one state rather than two states will save his company bond counsel and other fees. The Orange County, Florida, Health Facilities Authority will offer $1.4 billion of hospital revenue bonds for Orlando Health the week of January 13. OCHFA will sell