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Strong technicals have been the theme, and with federal aid and better-than-expected tax receipts coming in, issuers are not tapping the market as much as investors would hope.
May 21 -
States are well-positioned to emerge from COVID-19, the investment firm said in its annual grading.
May 18 -
Tax-exempt bonds issued for a private hospital system in Honolulu fell further into junk territory with S&P Global Ratings downgrading the bonds to CCC from B-minus.
March 29 -
Far West municipal issuers sold $99.1 billion of debt last year, a 16% increase from 2019.
March 4 -
Hawaii's governor announced that state employees would be furloughed two days a month; the state sold $750 million of GO bonds in October to fund operations.
December 10 -
Oahu's 20-mile rail project could lose $250 million in federal funding if the Federal Transit Administration doesn't grant an extension.
December 2 -
The state is easing a strict quarantine requirement that has left its all-important tourism industry with very few tourists.
October 15 -
Municipal issuers in the Far West sold $38.7 billion in bonds during the first six months of 2020, 8.8% more than they did the year before.
August 27 -
Total municipal CUSIP requests fell in July after three months of increases, according to CUSIP Global Services.
August 5 -
The drop in tourism amid the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a downgrade of Hawaii's ratings by Moody’s Investors Service affecting $9 billion in outstanding debt ahead of the state’s plans to price $900 million of taxable bonds Wednesday.
August 4