MuniNet Guide provides some of the more notable news stories relating to state and local government finance, including taxes, budgets, and pensions. U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2015 Survey of Public Pensions (U.S. Census Bureau) - The U.S. Census Bureau's...
Month: June 2016
Featured Conference: Brookings/Brandeis/Washington University 5th Annual Municipal Finance Conference
On July 12, 2016, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings Institution, the Rosenberg Institute of Global Finance at Brandeis International Business School, and Olin Business School at Washington University St. Louis are teaming together to...
Massachusetts Issues Multiple GO Bond Series
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 06/27/2016: Commonwealth of Massachusetts This week’s featured bond comes from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which scheduled to issue a total of $892 million in general obligation bonds, secured by the full faith...
Where the Greenbacks Grow: State Income Changes Q1 2016
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its figures of changes in state income for the first quarter of 2016. The aggregate change of income for all U.S. states was an increase of 1.0% over the fourth quarter of 2015. The release shows how much a state’s...
Allegheny County to Issue $276 million GO | MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 06/20/2016: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania This week’s featured bond comes from the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, which scheduled to issue $276 million in general obligation bonds, secured by the full faith and credit...
State GDP Growth: Who Finished 2015 in the Right Direction?
2015 GDP Numbers Show Shifting Regional Momentum This week, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released their Gross Domestic Product numbers for each state and region for the fourth quarter of 2015 and the 2015 calendar year. The aggregate change for the U.S. as a...
State of Illinois to Issue $550 Million: MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 06/13/2016: Illinois This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Illinois, which scheduled to issue $550 million in general obligation bonds, secured by the full faith and credit of the State, the week of June 13,...
How Does Your State’s Economy Rank?
by Bradford Langs CFA The U.S. economic recovery is nearing its seventh anniversary, although this recovery has been deemed modest at best. On the state and local level, outlooks vary and are largely dependent on employment dynamics. The Fed raised rates for the...
Harris County Tollway Authority to Issue Revenue Refunding Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 06/06/2016: Harris County This week’s featured bond comes from the Harris County Texas Toll Road Authority, which scheduled to issue $500 million in general revenue bonds, secured by revenues from the toll road and...
America’s Major Metro Areas Continue to Reduce Unemployment
Large Cities Continue to Beat National Average The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) unemployment figures for April 2016. Of the 387 official metro areas in the United States, 269 (70%) saw their unemployment rates drop...