Municipals ended the week little changed ahead of a paltry new-issue calendar as the market winds down for the year. U.S. Treasuries were mixed and equities ended the week in the red. Muni-UST ratios were little changed Friday. The three-year muni-UST ratio was at 62%, the five-year at 67%, the 10-year at 71% and the
The clock is ticking on Congress waiving PAYGO for Build America Bonds, a budget bear trap that could delay promised subsidy payments totaling $14 billion to issuers. The dilemma has been a constant irritant to the muni market issuers who have based their budgets on promises of getting reimbursed by the federal government for bonds
States have never spent more money, as general fund spending for all states topped $1.08 trillion for fiscal year 2022, an 18.3% increase over FY 2021 levels and the highest annual growth ever recorded by the National Association of State Budget Officers’ Fiscal Survey since its inception in 1979. That’s due to a number of
An Oklahoma legislator has once again filed a bill prohibiting government contracts with companies, including banks that underwrite municipal bonds, if they “discriminate” against the firearm industry. Republican State Sen. Casey Murdock authored a similar bill that fell short of passage in the 2022 legislative session. “The bill actually had wide margins of support in
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would give Puerto Rico voters a chance to vote for statehood or other options, but it is unlikely to make it through the Senate and become law this session. The U.S. House voted 233 to 191 in favor Thursday, with all Democrats and 16 Republicans
The Capital Region Medical Center in Missouri will hold an investor call Monday as it works to finalize a forbearance from 2022 covenant defaults in an effort to buy time to stabilize its troubled financial condition. Capital Region reported non-payment related defaults in a Dec. 8th post on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA website.
Hong Kong’s first crypto-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have attracted over $73 million ahead of their debut on the region’s stock exchange. The launch of the two ETFs tracking cryptocurrency futures listed in the United States comes despite the industry’s current troubles. Hong Kong Debuts Bitcoin and Ether Futures ETFs Amid Crypto Winter Two ETFs tracking
Evidence of a wave of Covid-19 deaths is beginning to emerge in Beijing despite official tallies showing no fatalities since an uncontrolled outbreak began sweeping through China’s capital this week. Staff at one crematorium in Beijing said they cremated the bodies of at least 30 Covid victims on Wednesday and Financial Times reporters saw two
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The Consumer Price Index or CPI is one of the key reports in the monthly economic calendar, providing a timely measure of inflation based on a basket of consumer goods and services. In this video, Peter Martin discusses inflation in general and why traders pay so much attention to the CPI report. Test and practice
In an attempt to further sever the state’s financial ties with businesses that have divested from the fossil fuel industry, Kentucky lawmakers are mulling new anti-ESG investment regulations. Attorney General David Cameron affirmed his support for expanding disclosure rules for environmental, social, and governance-related investments by major banks and businesses, and giving the state wider
Municipals were little changed as secondary trading slowed Thursday but the short-end remains under pressure and outflows returned to municipal bond mutual funds. U.S. Treasuries ended the session mixed and equities sold off hard. Muni-UST ratios were steady Thursday. The three-year muni-UST ratio was at 61%, the five-year at 67%, the 10-year at 72% and
In this article SNAP T NFLX MS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Netflix logo is seen on a TV remote controller, in this illustration taken January 20, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix— Netflix tumbled 8.6% following a report from Digiday that said the
Institutions in Bermuda will soon be able to trade real-time settlements using a stablecoin with a 1:1 peg to the United States dollar, Jewel Bank founder and chairman Chance Barnett told Cointelegraph. Called Jewel USD (JUSD), the first stablecoin to be released in the territory is powered by the Polygon blockchain, enabling transactions between wallets
As the housing market cools quickly, house flippers are finding it harder to make fast profits. In the third quarter, gross flipping profit, which is the difference between the median purchase price paid by investors and the median resale price, dropped to $62,000, according to ATTOM, a real estate data provider. That’s down 18.4% from
The Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday by half a percentage point to 3.5 per cent, the highest level in 14 years, and warned that further rate rises were likely. In a vote showing a majority on the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee for “forceful” action against inflation, six of the nine members
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Tracey Ryniec and Neena Mishra take a look at two big tech giants that are crushing it. Microsoft: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/MSFT?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Amazon: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/AMZN?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID
In this video, we recap the general effects of interest rate changes on currencies and then explore how central banks use interest rates to control inflation. As interest rate changes are so important for Forex traders, we look at the rate-decision schedules and inflation targets for the central banks of the major currencies. Test and