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Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said in a speech in Jackson Hole, Wyo., in August that inflation has been cooling to the point where the central bank is willing to cut the Federal Funds Rate for the first time in four years. Bloomberg News Inflation continued to show signs of easing in the Federal Reserve’s

A proposal to help solve California’s property insurance crisis would tap the bond markets and could involve billions of dollars in debt issuance. The debt would be issued through the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank. Assembly Bill 2996 authored by Assemblymember David Alvarez, D-San Diego, would help stabilize the insurance marketplace by bolstering the

Municipals were little changed while U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended mixed. Municipal bond mutual funds saw inflows as investors added $1.047 billion to funds after $512.9 million of inflows the week prior, according to LSEG Lipper. This marks nine straight weeks of inflows. <img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/19228117/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> High-yield continued to show

A business group filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 Texas law that punishes banks and other financial firms for “boycotting” the fossil fuel industry. The case, brought by the American Sustainable Business Council against Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and Attorney General Ken Paxton in federal court in Austin, claims the law

The Colorado Legislature wrapped up a special session Thursday with the passage of a bill to circumvent property tax cut initiatives on the Nov. 5 ballot that troubled the state’s municipal bond market. House Bill 1001 incorporates a deal with Initiative 50 and 108 backers, who agreed to remove the measures from the ballot and

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen last week signed into law a package of bills that includes caps on spending authority for local cities and counties. Their signing follows a concerted push by Pillen to pass property tax reform by calling a special session of the legislature on July 25.  The governor’s plan originally was to secure

Municipals were mostly steady Wednesday as the largest deals of the week priced and the Investment Company Institute reported more than $1 billion of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds. U.S. Treasuries were little changed throughout most of the curve and equities ended down near the close. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Wednesday was at 63%,

A class-action lawsuit filed Monday by Austin, Texas, property taxpayers against the city seeks the elimination of $187 million in property tax revenue allocated in the 2024 tax year for a light-rail project. The litigation is the latest salvo in a legal battle over the ability of the Austin Transit Partnership, a nonprofit corporation created

Municipals were narrowly mixed Tuesday as U.S. Treasury yields rose out long and equities were mildly higher near the close. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 63%, the three-year at 66%, the five-year at 66%, the 10-year at 70% and the 30-year at 87%, according to Refinitiv Municipal Market Data’s 3 p.m. EST read.

Fitch Ratings downgraded Guilford County, North Carolina’s issuer default rating and general obligation debt to AA-plus from AAA on Friday afternoon, reflecting a material increase in its debt load and “midrange” demographic and economic developments. Simultaneously, Fitch downgraded the county’s lease obligations to AA from AA-plus. The outlook is stable. The county had $673 million