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Volatile market conditions, higher ratios and rising interest rates have led to a slowdown in Build America Bond redemptions recently, but there are still a number of issuers that have signaled they intend to call back their BABs before yearend. About $14.9 billion of BABs have been called in 2024 while $938.3 million is set

Secondary trading showed a weaker tone Tuesday but the focus shifted to the primary as a large slate of new issues along the credit spectrum were priced, while U.S. Treasuries improved and equities closed the session mixed. The primary was led by two large California issues, including the state’s competitive sale of tax-exempt and taxable

A leftist candidate for Puerto Rico’s governorship has gained momentum and closed in on the front-runner, but analysts say his election would not have a dramatic impact on the future of the island’s bonds. A poll released Monday by El Vocero, a leading Puerto Rico news outlet, showed the candidate, Jose Dalmau, polling 29% compared

Municipals were little changed Monday as the market took a breather following volatility last week and ahead of what is expected to be the last sizable new-issue slate until well after the election. U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities saw gains. The two-year ratio Monday was at 64%, the three-year at 63%, the five-year at

The Metropolitan College of New York is trying to sell real estate in lower Manhattan as part of a deal with bondholders allowing the school to skip a debt payment in November. The private college hired Cushman & Wakefield as its broker to market and sell “either in whole or in part” its Manhattan campus,

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said that while progress on lowering inflation had resumed in recent months, officials aren’t yet ready to declare their mission accomplished.  “We have made good progress, but inflation is still running above the FOMC’s 2% objective,” Hammack said Thursday, referring to the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee.