Residential homes in Discovery Bay, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Mortgage rates in the US increased to the highest level since July. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates last week moved higher for the fourth week in a row. That caused already very weak mortgage demand to drop even
North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner said his appointments to the state’s Investment Advisory Committee would improve the pension system’s growth. The North Carolina Local Government Commission approved several bond deals at its meeting Tuesday. Approved were $252 million, $90 million and $45 million of bonds for Mecklenburg County, a $200 million bond for the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The yield on the 10-year gilt on Wednesday rose to its highest level since the height of the global financial crisis as a UK bond sell-off gathered pace. The 10-year gilt yield climbed as much
Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. From the personnel shifts among various firms following Citi’s exit from the muni business to the evolution of the buy-side, including the massive growth of separately managed accounts, as well as major regulatory changes, 2024 brought substantial changes to the public finance
China’s currency has weakened to a 16-month low as the potential of sharp tariff increases from the incoming Trump administration fuels selling pressure on the renminbi. The onshore renminbi weakened 0.1 per cent to Rmb7.34 against the dollar on Wednesday, its weakest since September 2023, in spite of the People’s Bank of China maintaining a
Housing surveyors have reported the largest fall in new buyer inquiries in October since the financial crisis, excluding the period during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Isabel Infantes | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. house prices fell for the first time in nine months in December, as the country’s Budget and higher mortgage rates dampened
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21069905/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were mixed Tuesday but outperformed the U.S. Treasury market while equities closed the session in the red. Triple-A yield curves barely moved compared to the losses in USTs, which saw yields rise over the entire curve and up to eight basis points 10-years and out, pushing ratios lower.
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The Indiana Municipal Power Agency, which owns a piece of one unit at the Gibson Station coal-fired power plant in Owensville, Indiana, returns to the bond market next week. Bloomberg News The Indiana Municipal Power Agency will issue $268.3 million of power supply system revenue bonds next week to refund several earlier series of bonds
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US corporate bankruptcies have hit their highest level since the aftermath of the global financial crisis as elevated interest rates and weakened consumer demand punish struggling groups. At least 686 US companies filed for bankruptcy
Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Bitcoin ETFs were a hit with investors in 2024, and now asset management firms are starting to build out ways to combine crypto and derivatives in exchange traded packages. New products are set to roll out this month. Asset manager Calamos announced Monday that it will launch a structured
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21055199/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were little changed Monday as U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly out long and equities ended mixed. With the steady tone Monday, muni to UST ratios fell slightly. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Monday was at 65%, the five-year at 64%, the 10-year at 66% and the 30-year
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Bond financing will accelerate plans to upgrade U.S. 275 in Nebraska to an expressway, said Vicki Kramer, director of the state Department of Transportation.Nebraska Department of Transportation The Nebraska State Highway Commission has signed off on the state’s first bond issue for a highway project. The commission on Dec. 6 unanimously approved a resolution authorizing
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The private equity industry is preparing to lobby the incoming Trump administration to give it access to broad pools of capital it has not historically been allowed to tap, including retirement savings, in
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Major U.S. indices had a good run in 2024, thanks to the buzz around artificial intelligence and interest rate cuts. However, macro uncertainty could weigh on investor sentiment in 2025. In this scenario, investors looking for regular income can consider adding dividend stocks to their portfolios. Top Wall
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. His office did not immediately respond to Bank of America and Morgan Stanley leaving the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and the moves’ impact on a review of the banks launched by his office in 2023 that could lead to them being banned from
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wall Street bankers are gearing up for a revival in initial public offerings as private equity groups seek to tap buoyant US equities markets to offload some of their flagship holdings. Several private equity-backed groups
“The largest share of the higher revenue is from one-time litigation proceeds and year-end accounting adjustments related to prior-year cost recoveries,” said Washington, D.C., CFO Glen Lee.Christopher Mobley The latest revenue estimate from the District of Columbia’s chief financial officer shows a positive $169.7 million bump in actual inflows compared to the estimates that were
The Proton Center of Arkansas, one of a series of struggling, bond-financed cancer treatment centers across the country.The Proton Center of Arkansas The new year rang in fresh signs of distress at a pair of long-struggling cancer treatments centers in Maryland and Arkansas financed with bonds through Wisconsin’s conduit issuer the Public Finance Authority. The
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