The Puerto Rico Oversight Board Friday approved the commonwealth’s fiscal 2024 budget that increases government spending and was already approved by the governor and local legislature. The budget consensus marks a departure from the long history of disagreements between the territory’s elected government and the board created by the federal government to restructure Puerto Rico’s
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Municipals were steady to end the month and first half of the year ahead of a paltry new-issue calendar which will see next week’s volume drop to the lowest level of 2023. U.S. Treasuries were firmer out long and equities rallied. Treasuries saw yields fall by as much as seven basis points on the long
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June municipal bond issuance dropped 9% from 2022 as uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy and market volatility continued, but the total was the highest month of the year. June’s total volume was $34.436 billion in 744 issues, down from $37.775 billion in 984 issues a year earlier, according to Refinitiv data, and lower than the
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This is the second instalment of a two-part look at Japanese candlestick formations, involving three or more candles. In this video, we show you four more patterns, including one five-candle pattern. The four formations comprise two continuation patterns and two reversal patterns and we explain for each what to look for and what you can
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Munis were weaker Thursday, unable to ignore larger losses in U.S. Treasuries, after better-than-expected economic data pointed to a strong U.S. economy. Equities ended mixed. Economic data released Thursday showed the U.S. economy is strong, said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at The Americas OANDA. The initial reaction saw UST yields surge, “while stocks focused
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Not-for-profit hospital balance sheets are on the mend from last year’s challenges that inflicted deep damage on balance sheets, but pressures persist and the recovery is slow going, according to reports published this week. Hospital finances showed signs of stabilizing in May with some improvement in operating margins, declining expenses and notable increases in outpatient visits,
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It’s no secret that there’s a housing shortage in the U.S. and there’s plenty of blame to go around for its myriad causes. These range from the homebuilding industry citing laws and regulations like California’s Environmental Quality Act (popularly known as CEQA), to immigration advocates pointing out a shortage of foreign construction workers exacerbating an
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