Municipal Bonds
Factbox: Top budgetary threats to state, local governments
WASHINGTON - The recession that began in 2007 created budget emergencies in most U.S. states and many cities and counties, casting a harsh spotlight on long-standing fiscal problems. | Video
Analysis: Default threat rattles munis as does compromise
WASHINGTON - The possibility the United States could default on its debt next month has made the municipal bond market anxious, but the potential compromises Congress and President Barack Obama might strike to avoid a default may be making it even more nervous.
Analysis: Default threat rattles munis as does compromise
WASHINGTON - The possibility the United States could default on its debt next month has made the municipal bond market anxious, but the potential compromises Congress and President Barack Obama might strike to avoid a default may be making it even more nervous.
U.S. ratings cut may swamp tax-free market
MIAMI - America's municipal bond market is feeling more heat from possible ratings downgrades of federal debt than from actual financial risks arising from Washington's debt-ceiling standoff.
Analysis: Anything's possible if U.S. debt downgraded to AA
NEW YORK - For those who think a deeply indebted United States has begun its long, slow fade as the world's dominant financial power, the loss of the country's gold-plated AAA credit rating would seem poetic justice.
Insurers can manage U.S. municipal bond risk-Moody's
WASHINGTON, July 7 - Stresses in the U.S. public sector have not put property and casualty insurance companies at great risk, despite the firms' considerable exposure to municipal bonds, Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday.
US state, local budgets closer to recovery -report
WASHINGTON, June 28 - State and local governments brought in record first-quarter revenues this year, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released on Tuesday that offered a sign their budget crises may be abating.
Factbox: Top budgetary threats to state, local governments
WASHINGTON - The recession that began in 2007 created budget emergencies in most U.S. states and in many cities and counties, casting a harsh spotlight on long-standing fiscal problems.
Leader of the Pack: Tax-frees municipal bonds outperform
NEW YORK - Municipal bonds are leading other asset classes in performance so far this month, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research report released on Monday.
Factbox: Top budgetary threats to state, local government
WASHINGTON - The recession that began in 2007 created budget emergencies in most U.S. states and in many cities and counties, casting a harsh spotlight on long-standing fiscal problems.
The big pension liability adjustment
The Government Accounting Standards Board voted Monday to toughen pension reporting standards, a slight accounting change that has significant repercussions for muniland.
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