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No single individual played a more critical role in defending the authority of cities, counties, and states to issue state and municipal debt.
June 21 -
As we await the final shoe to drop with regard to the SEC's MCDC initiative, the municipal market may be at a turning point in terms of disclosure.
June 21 -
States like Colorado will continue to forego revenue, as well as the opportunity to borrow against that revenue in the bond market, until the cannabis industry gains access to the banking system.
June 6 -
Our legislation would preserve money market funds as a source of liquidity and capital for public the infrastructure needs of our citizens.
May 16 -
The interest rate environment can have a big effect on issuers' debt management programs. Heres how to incorporate interest rates prudently to ensure flexibility and long-term sustainability.
May 3 -
Worst case, to-maturity debt service calculations that ignore the issuer's optional redemption feature lead to flatly wrong calculations for critical items like expected capital cost, refunding savings, and simple, basic principal and interest payments.
April 26 -
Gov. Andrew Cuomos infrastructure proposals set the state up for long-term economic competitiveness.
April 20 -
While the market overall is fragmented, there is some concentration in the trading of the largest obligors.
April 19 -
Because long-term non-callable bonds are virtually non-existent, muni analysts no doubt spend sleepless nights trying to figure out what optionless rates would look like.
April 19 -
Whether the cause of the slowdown is weak personal-income growth, income-tax cuts, or the collapse of oil prices, pressure on governors and legislators to balance their budgets will be intense.
April 18