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John Luke Tyner, fixed income analyst at Aptus Capital Advisors, discusses yield curve inversion with Bond Buyer Managing Editor Gary Siegel. Tyner looks at recession possibilities and how the Federal Reserve’s actions will impact the economy, the yield curve and recession. (23 minutes) Transcription:Gary Siegel: (00:03) Hi, and welcome to another Bond Buyer podcast. I’m

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has launched a high-profile utility and microgrid project in a bid to transform a legacy of heavy manufacturing into a high-tech, climate-friendly economy that attracts advanced manufacturers. The plan, which features a public utility and a series of microgrid districts, will likely be structured as a public-private partnership. The county “was thrilled”

The Chicago’s Park District’s pension overhaul that pulled the system off a track to insolvency along with a healthy balance sheet that has overcome early COVID-19 pandemic hits have stabilized the district’s ratings, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings said. Fitch and S&P revised the outlook to stable from negative on the district’s AA-minus general

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities has a new deputy director and is seeking a financial analyst to join its team in either of its Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Atlanta or Chicago offices. That’s according to an SEC spokesperson and a posting on USAJOBS, the official job portal for the federal government.

Municipals were firmer five years and out while an active primary led by two $700-plus million of revenue bonds from the Port of Seattle and the Georgia Ports Authority took the focus away from a massive U.S. Treasury selloff. U.S. Treasuries saw yields rise 20-plus basis points on bonds seven years and in, while equities

Chicago will offer airport and casino site tours to highlight key economic initiatives while Chief Financial Officer Jennie Huang Bennett will seek to make the city’s case with the buy-side for its fiscal turnaround at an annual investors’ conference next week. “This daylong event will include morning tours and investor lunch with Mayor Lori Lightfoot

Detroit-based Miller Canfield public finance attorney Jeffrey Aronoff has joined the five-member board of managing directors following a vote of the firm’s principals. The firm also voted to put attorney Pawel Chudzicki, who is a member of the corporate and transactions group, on the five-member board. The newly elected members join Scott Eldridge, who was

Federal Reserve officials said they want strong evidence that the hottest inflation in four decades is on a sustainable downward path before declaring victory in their fight against it. With consumer prices rising 9.1% in June from a year earlier, the Fed has “a long way to go” on reaching price stability around a 2%

Massachusetts plans to bring $2.7 billion of taxable business-tax backed special obligation revenue bonds with a social designation, marking the largest environmental, social and governance deal to date in the municipal market. The deal is also one of the larger taxable deals in 2022 in a year that has seen a significant drop in taxable

Los Angeles International Airport received a $50 million grant from the federal infrastructure bill for terminal road improvements, among the largest dispersed from the $1 billion allocated to 85 airports nationally. The grants are the first allotment in a five-year, $5 billion airport terminal grant program funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Transportation

Municipals were mixed to close out a quiet summer Friday session ahead of a larger new-issue calendar that sees several billion-dollar deals. Triple-A benchmark yields once again largely ignored a selloff in U.S. Treasuries after a robust jobs report indicated the Federal Reserve will likely hike interest rates another 75 basis points at its next

The Supreme Court decision in Carson v. Makin may render unconstitutional issuer statutes that prohibit the use of bond proceeds for religious purposes. The court ruled last month that if a state chooses to subsidize private education, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because of religious affiliation. The ruling could change the way some

Municipals were steady to firmer in secondary trading Thursday as a large airport revenue bond offering from the City and County of Denver, Colorado, and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority’s MTA deal took the focus. Municipals continued to ignore the movements of U.S. Treasuries, which saw yields rise for the second day, while equities

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s proposed fee amendments submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission are catching backlash from muni industry leaders over a perceived failure to address the discrepancy between fees collected from dealers and municipal advisors, in addition to a lack of transparency over ithe budgeting process. That’s according to letters submitted to

Municipals rallied Wednesday, ignoring a selloff in U.S. Treasuries, after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes reiterated the Fed’s position it would raise rates 50 to 75 basis points at its July meeting to stave off inflation. Equities ended slightly up.. Municipals were in their own lane Wednesday and triple-A yields fell four to

A Colorado law will for the first time give state agencies the ability to enter into public private partnerships, while a bill pending in Illinois would extend the authority to state agencies and all local governments.   The new Colorado law features a broad statute for P3 authority, with advocates like Gov. Jared Polis saying

Municipal yields fell for the third session in a row following the flight-to-safety bid in U.S. Treasuries as recession concerns continue to grow. Equities were mixed. Triple-A benchmark yields were bumped three to six basis points Tuesday with the strongest moves out long. Falling yields over the past two weeks have been “a welcome sigh

Illinois opened the new fiscal year with a near clean slate on bill payments and $1 billion in its once-barren rainy day fund, but the state’s latest financial results offer a contrast that underscores the weight of pension and long-term debts on the state’s balance sheet as viewed through an accounting lens. The near-term picture

An income tax on wealthy Californians that supporters say would raise $100 billion over 20 years to reduce wildfire risk and support a transition to electric cars, has qualified for the ballot. A coalition of environmental groups, public health advocates, firefighters and unions, collected 1 million signatures, well over the 623,212 needed, to qualify The

Elizabeth Reich, who wrapped up her final day as Dallas chief financial officer on Thursday, will be joining Dallas Area Rapid Transit starting July 18. DART announced on Friday that Reich, as its new CFO, will be a key member of the executive team, reporting to President & CEO Nadine Lee and leading the agency’s