Municipals improved again Thursday pushing the 10-year triple-A yield firmly below 3% while inflows into municipal bond mutual funds returned after 14 consecutive weeks of outflows. U.S. Treasuries saw losses and equities ended down after Federal Reserve officials tempered expectations of a slowdown in rate hikes. Triple-A yields fell by three to six basis points,
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Considering a two-year roller-coaster ride of an economy, the fiscal health of major cities is eliciting feelings of cautious optimism by experts living in them. The sunbelt city of Atlanta remains a destination of inbound migration that has pushed the city population to about 500,00 with anther six million living in the metro region. Even
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Jeremy Hunt, chancellor, will on Thursday seek to restore Britain’s tarnished economic reputation with a massive package of tax rises and spending cuts intended to repair the public finances and tame inflation. “We will face into the storm,” he will say. Hunt’s Autumn Statement will intensify the financial hardship facing millions of Britons and begin
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Municipals rallied across the yield curve Wednesday, outperforming U.S. Treasuries and seeing the greatest gains out long after stronger retail sales data signaled the Fed’s tightening is not yet over, pushing equities into the red. Retail sales increased 1.3% in October, slightly above the consensus forecast of 1.0% and a significant improvement from the flat
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The Wisconsin Counties Association is studying the feasibility of securitizing counties’ share of a $26 billion national settlement with pharmaceutical companies sued for their role in distributing deadly and addictive painkilling drugs. The counties group is awaiting a legal feasibility review before its members would decide if a tobacco-settlement style securitization makes financial sense for
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Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine declared victory Friday after a protracted battle for the position against Republican challenger, Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore. Conine, a Democrat, and the incumbent, issued a statement after the Nevada Independent named him the winner. “Over the last four years, I’ve made a point to work across the aisle
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