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S&P: Why Detroit’s Bankruptcy Plan Outcome Doesn’t Affect U.S. Municipal General Obligation Ratings.
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California’s GO Debt Upgraded To ‘A+’ From ‘A’ On Strengthened Budget Stabilization Account; Outlook Stable.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – What A GOP-Controlled Congress Could Mean.
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California Credit Rating Raised After Voters Pass Reserve.
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SIFMA US Municipal Credit Report, Third Quarter 2014.
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Municipal Trading Volume Dips in Third Quarter 2014.
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Likely Default of Puerto Rican Utility Haunts Brokers, Muni Fund Managers.
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Detroit Bankruptcy Taught Muni Investors Painful Lessons.
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How the Tribune Analyzed CPS’ Bond Deals.
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Elections Season Could Shake Up Muni ETFs.
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Act 47: Pennsylvania Says Enough Is Enough. Or Is It? Ballard Spahr.
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Ballard Spahr: Regulators Decline to Exempt TOBs from Risk Retention Rule but Add Helpful Revisions and Clarifications.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Jobs, Housing & Local Governments.
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New Bridges Between Louisville and Indiana May Set Standard for Financing Future Highway Projects.
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New Challenges for Keeping Public Money Safe.
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New Rule Could Require Governments to Report Tax Incentives as Lost Income.
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Stockton’s Costly Bankruptcy May Not Tempt Other Cities.
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New York City Pension Funds Slow Growth of Wall Street Fees.
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Record Rally Reaches 10th Month as Volatility Rises: Muni Credit.
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Judge Approves California City’s Bankruptcy-Exit Plan.
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Governments Would Disclose Information on Tax Abatements Under GASB Proposal.
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GFOA: Talking Points Address Accusations against Pension Plans.
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GFOA: Pensions Help Recruit and Retain High-Quality Workers, Research Finds.
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Looking Under the Hood of Alternative Bond Funds.
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S&P: Ebola Adds Costs For Health Care Sector; No Rating Impact Yet.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – October 20, 2014 – Local Pensions as Problematic.
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Does “Pay for Success” Actually Pay Off? The ROI of Social Impact Bonds.
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When Public Employees Won’t Budge on Their Benefits.
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Seattle Adopts an Old Way to Pay for New Parks.
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World Trade Center Tower Rides a Muni-Bond Revival.
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BlackRock Sales in October Rally Signal Its Limits.
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Pimco Sees Returns Ebbing After Best Gain Since ’11: Muni Credit.
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S&P U.S. State and Local Government Credit Conditions Forecast: Economic Growth is Tinged by Questions of Sustainability.
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Striking the Right Note on Public-Private Partnerships.
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Virginia to Debate New P3 Guidelines for Roads.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (State Debt and the Rating Action on Pennsylvania).
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – October 20, 2014.
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Munis Poised for Biggest October Gain Since 2000 Amid Bond Rally.
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Moody’s: Advantages of Century Bonds to Finance Infrastructure Come at a Cost.
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State Economic Monitor: October 2014.
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Squeeze on US Muni Sales Boosts Prices.
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Monoline Insurers ‘Could Reach 10%’ of Muni Market Again – Citi.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Stockton’s Bankruptcy Case And Our Local Government General Obligation Criteria).
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S&P: U.S. Not-For-Profit Senior-Living Sector Remains Stable Despite Mixed Financial Results.
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GASB Summary of Technical Plan for the Final Third of 2014.
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GASB Board Meeting Highlights.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Private Dollars and Politics.
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S&P Defends Higher Municipal Credit Ratings.
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Muni Yields Plunge to 16-Month Low on Strongest Demand Since May.
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WSJ: Puerto Rico to Sell $1.2 Billion in Notes on Unusual Terms.
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WSJ: A Calpers Comeuppance.
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Bank of America Top U.S. Muni Underwriter So Far in 2014.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Explores the Use of P3s on Water Infrastructure Projects.
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S&P: Stockton Judge’s Pension Comment to Have Modest Influence on U.S. Municipal Bankruptcy Filings.
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S&P: The Updated General Obligation Criteria Reflect the U.S. Local Government Sector’s Strength and the Importance of Qualitative Analysis.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – September 29, 2014
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Insurers Build Market Share as Detroit Shows Value: Muni Credit.
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Fitch: Stockton Bankruptcy Ruling Opens Door to Pension Cuts.
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Judge Says Cities in Bankruptcy May Reject Pension Contracts.
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MSRB Makes Kroll Bond Ratings Available to the Public through its EMMA Website.
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Moody’s Sees Continued Public Pension Funding Gaps.
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Real Estate Munis Coveted in Riskless Return Chase.
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Toll Road Bankruptcy Reflects Growing Pains of P3 Sector, S&P Says.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – September 22, 2014
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Why Don’t More Cities Sell Air Rights?
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GASB User Survey on the Effectiveness of Statement 34.
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GFOA Executive Board Approves Four Best Practices.
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Century of Debt Suiting Ohio State at These Rates.
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Mintz Levin: Court Rules on Applicability of Make-Whole Premiums Upon Debt Acceleration.
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House P3 Panel Calls for Supporting Greater Use of P3S.
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Social Impact Bonds are Going Mainstream: Forbes.
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Duane Morris: Has P3 Reached a Tipping Point in The United States?
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FT: Century Bond Surge Defies Rate Fears.
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Municipal Market Advisors Municipal Issuers Brief – September 15, 2014.
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Bank Buying Spree Undiminished by Liquidity Rules: Muni Credit.
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WSJ MoneyBeat: Municipal-Bond Issuers Find It’s Easy Being ‘Green.’
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CUSIP: Municipal Bond Issuance Indicator Showing Improvement.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Sept. 8, 2014
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Scranton Stalked by Bankruptcy Mulls Selling Sewers: Muni Credit.
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Chicago Water Bonds Seen Shielded From Pension Woes: Muni Credit.
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Send Letters to Congress Supporting the Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act.
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Feds Step Up Quest for Private Infrastructure Financing.
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Moody’s Predicts Huge Potential for Public-Private Partnerships.
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A Better Way to Manage Government’s Underutilized Property.
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Pensions’ Unfunded Liabilities Still Going Up.
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Puerto Rico Utility Bond Agreement Limits Disclosure, MMA Says.
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Chicago at Brink of Swaps Fee as Bond Ratings Fall: Muni Credit.
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Reinventing Democracy through Participatory Budgeting.
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NYT: Detroit’s Bankruptcy Deal Hinges on 2 Banks.
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August Muni Volume Rises 7%.
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Muni Managers Unearth Secondary Market for Price Discovery.
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New Borrowing Drags Down U.S. Municipal Bond Sales in August.
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Ballard Spahr: Congress Passes Highway Funding Bill; Includes Pension Funding Relief.
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CA Passes Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts Legislation.
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Public Employees’ Pension Dilemma.
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Driving Muni Bond Rally: Communities Reluctant to Borrow.
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GFOA Award for Best Practices in School Budgeting.
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More Detail Needed in GSA ‘Swap-Construct’ Exchanges, GAO Concludes.
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WSJ: Mow-Down in Motown.
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SEC Rating Agency Reforms Positive for Munis.
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Derivative Deals Making Comeback for Municipalities.
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S&P: Detroit Water & Sewerage Department Bonds Undergo Various Rating Actions after Expiration of Tender Period.
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S&P – Analyzing U.S. Rate-Regulated Utilities: The Magic of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Rating Trends – August 26, 2014.
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Moody’s: High-Poverty US Cities Can Still Achieve High Credit Ratings.
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WSJ: Fed to Consider Including Municipal Bonds in New Bank Safeguards.
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Post-Implementation Review Completed on GASB Standard Addressing Capital Asset Impairment, Insurance Recoveries.
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S&P: No More Pencils, No More Books – Technology Has Mixed Financial Implications for U.S. Public Schools.
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City Finances and the Promise of Data Visualization.
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Fitch: Detroit Water/Sewer Tender Would Not be a Distressed Debt Exchange.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – California Leads the Way.
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MMA Research Seems to Counter Some Concerns About S&P Ratings.
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Fitch: CalPERS Decision Raises Pension Obligations.
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WSJ: Regulators to Complete Bank ‘Liquidity’ Rules.
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SIFMA Announces Changes to the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index.
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GFOA: Public Pension Investment Returns Increase by 16.9% for Year.
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Municipal Bond Issuance Trending Down After Five Months of Gains.
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SIFMA Makes Changes to Muni Swap Index.
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SIFMA Announces Changes to the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index.
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Tax-Free Rally Extended With August Supply Doldrums: Muni Credit.
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WSJ: New Rules Near on Credit-Ratings Firms.
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Blackrock 3Q Muni Credit Highlights: Know What You Own.
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PWC: Ten Key Points from the SEC’s Final Money Market Rule.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Issuer Disclosure
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PennDOT Takes on P3S as States Cope with P3 Complexity.
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Flagstaff Funds Wildfire Prevention with Bonds.
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GASB: Auditor Survey on the Effectiveness of Statement 34.
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Pension Disputes Raise Transparency Questions for Advisors, Investors.
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Congress Considers Reviving Risky Bonds to Boost Small Businesses.
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Tobacco Settlement Bonds: The Next Cloud on the Horizon for Municipal Bonds?
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S&P Widens Lead Over Moody’s as Bond Upgrades Surge: Muni Credit.
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Kansas Issuer Credit Rating Lowered to ‘AA’ From ‘AA+’ on Structurally Unbalanced Budget; Outlook Negative.
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S&P: It’s Complicated . . . The Relationship Between Illinois’ Credit Rating and the Ratings of its Public Universities.
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Americans Oppose P3S to Upgrade Transportation Infrastructure.
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Chicago Infrastructure Trust Still Teasing with PACE.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – Infrastructure Finance.
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Congress Introduces Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act.
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‘Pay for Success’: a Better Way to Deliver Social Services?
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Fitch Rates First Nonbank-Sponsored Volcker Compliant TOB.
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Fitch: US Local Government Pension Reform Hits Another Snag.
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SIFMA US Municipal Credit Report, Second Quarter 2014.
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Social Impact Bonds: Phantom of the Nonprofit Sector.
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Army Corps to Solicit Public Comment on P3 Pilot Program for Water Projects.
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U.S. Treasury to Put Public Pensions Under Scrutiny.
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GASB: What You Need to Know About Accounting for Leases.
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S&P: Why Unfunded Congressional Mandates Pose Little Threat to U.S. State and Local Government Ratings.
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McKinsey: Creating Growth Clusters: What Role for Local Government?
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Momentum Continues to Build for P3S.
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Should Someone Audit Government Auditors?
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Pushing the Community Reinvestment Act into Unchartered Territory.
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Do We Really Need to Keep Building Convention Centers?
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – July 28, 2014
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California High-Speed Rail Bonds Revived by Appeals Court.
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Moody’s: Q2 US Public Finance Rating Revisions Consistent with Stabilizing Trend.
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GFOA Secures Introduction of Legislation to Expand Availability of Bank-Qualified Bonds.
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S&P: U.S. Regulated Electric Utilities’ Annual Capital Spending Is Poised To Eclipse $100 Billion.
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Ballard Spahr: President Obama Seeks to Expand Market for P3 Transportation Projects.
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S&P: How Exposed are Bond Insurers to Issuers in Puerto Rico?
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MSRB Adds Graphing Tools for Historical Yield Data on EMMA.
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S&P: U.S. Public Finance Rating Changes Were Still Positive In The Second Quarter, But A Bit Less So.
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S&P: Not All Loans Are Equal – Some Terms and Conditions That Make Disclosure Critical In Evaluating Credit Risk.
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Bank Loans Grow In Municipal Market While Bond Issues Shrink.
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Muni Rally Pushes Yields to Lowest Since May 2013 on Supply.
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Window Closing to Challenge Wall Street Over Swaps: Bloomberg Muni Credit.
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MSRB to Make Kroll Bond Ratings Available to the Public Through its EMMA Website.
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Has S&P Been Exaggerating Local Governments’ Stability?
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Finding the Money for Water Infrastructure.
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The Decoupling Of Treasury Yields and the Cost of Equity for Public Utilities.
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S&P Credit FAQ: Bond Insurers and the Recent Downgrades of Puerto Rico’s Public Corporations.
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S&P: How Asset-Backed Contribution Arrangements Can Muddle Pension Deficit Reporting.
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S&P: U.S. Pension Funding Improves, But How Long Will It Last?
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Investment Center to be a “One-Stop Shop” for P3S According to White House.
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MMA Municipal Issuer Brief – July 14, 2014
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California Water Use Curbs a Credit Negative, Moody’s.
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Moody’s: Detroit’s Current Plan of Adjustment Favors Pensioners over Bondholders.
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Fitch: Few Surprises for Bondholders In Detroit LTGO Settlement.
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WSJ: Bond Insurer Takes On Detroit.
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Muni Strength to Continue in Second Half: Analysts.
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The Not-So-Sunny Side of Pension Obligation Bonds.
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Retirees Win Big in Illinois.
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NASACT GASB Review: 2014
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Municipal Credit Default Swap Activity Jumps, But Overall Market Is Still Thin.
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P3S Could Speed Construction of Port and Inland Waterway Infrastructure, Army Corps Testifies.
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S&P: U.S. State And Local Government Credit Conditions Forecast: Ramping Up After A Slower-Than-Expected Start.
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CDFI Fund Invites Comment on Annual CDFI Reporting Form.
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U.S. Plans Up to $4 Billion in New Cleantech Loan Guarantees.
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Jones Day: FERC Acts to Ensure that Utility Cost-Based Rates Include an Adequate Return on Equity.
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How S&P Intends to Implement its Revised Rating Methodology and Assumptions for Affordable Multifamily Housing Bonds and Apply them to Ratings.
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Growth In Green Bond Market Underscores Need For Market Standards.
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Army Chief of Engineers Looks to P3S for Nation’s Water Infrastructure Needs.
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Municipal Market Advisors Municipal Issuer Brief – June 30, 2014
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Senator Files PAB Proposal as Amendment to Transportation Bill.
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New Tennessee Law Insulates State Credit Rating from Cities’ Financial Problems.
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The Risks States Take for Their Distressed Cities.
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Illinois Pension Reform in Question on Insurance Ruling.
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Moody’s: New Pension Disclosures Under GASB 67/68 Will Have Limited Impact on US State and Local Government Ratings.
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WSJ: Illinois Supreme Court Rules Against Cuts in Retiree Health Benefits.
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WSJ: Creditors Win Bid to Challenge Detroit Bankruptcy.
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Muni Takeaways From the Morningstar Conference.
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