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The article reports on the National Federation of Municipal Analysts' issuance of a final paper recommending disclosure practices for water and sewer financings that is unchanged from a draft that was released last September 2005 in the United States. The issuance of the paper is timely because it comprises disclosure of environmental issuers and coincides with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board's efforts to produce accounting and reporting guidelines for pollution remediation obligations.

Reports that Phoenix, Texas city officials are preparing to close a commercial paper sale that will provide interim financing for water system upgrades and expansion. First use by the city of commercial paper as a short-term financing tool; Rating given by Moody's Investors Service to the water system revenue bond anticipation notes.

Highlights trends in the municipal money markets in the United States as of July 21, 2000. Increased rates on daily and weekly municipal paper; General market daily variable-rate demand; Pricing for the tax and revenue anticipation notes from Oakland.

Reports on the proposal of the New York City to sell multi-million dollar long-term revenue bonds and commercial paper to help finance the redevelopment of a largely industrial neighborhood on Manhattan's far West Side. Selection of senior managers for the program; Establishment of the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp.; Statement of Mark Page, director of the city's Office of Management and Budget.

Reports on municipal governments' efforts to boost demand for financings ahead of the United States presidential election in November 2000. Investors' response to political uncertainty; Concerns about tax-rate changes that will weaken the value of municipal bonds' tax exemption; Major deals.

Focuses on Wisconsin's plans to issue a $50 million worth of general obligation extendible commercial notes. Structure of the issue; Differences of the proposed issue from standard commercial paper; Range of maturity dates; Hurdles in crafting the deal to satisfy tax law requirements.

Reports that Shelby County, Tennessee is selling bonds to take out short-term notes that have been issued for its commercial paper programs. Sale of variable-rate and fixed-rate general obligations bonds; Financial advisers and bond counsel; Bond rating.

Reports on Texas' $1.1 billion liquidity support for state bond issuers. Comparison with liquidity guarantees in other states; Securitization of commercial paper and variable-rate bonds of state agencies; Use of the state's liquidity support as indicator of its economic health; Average daily cash balance of the state.

The article reports that Ohio Water Development Authority will start taking on $128 million of fixed-rate revenue refunding bonds for its triple-A rated fresh water program. It states that the bonds will refund $105 million of commercial paper and $16 million of 1998 fresh water bonds. It notes that the authority's underwriters advised the move to capitalize on increased retail interest in the market.

Reports on the sale of a commercial paper program of the Texas Public Finance Authority. Cost of the sale; Proceeds of the sale to finance the state projects; Terms of the deal.

Reports on the bond deals in the West Coast, on the second week of March 1999. California Department of Veterans Affairs' home-purchase revenue bonds; Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority's competitive bond offering; North Carolina's general obligation bonds.

The article reports on the 60-day cash management bills sold by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The administrative agency sold $30 billion 60-day cash management bills, dated February 15, 2008 and due April 15, 2008, at a 2.510% high tender rate. The bid to cover ratio was 3.49. The coupon equivalent was 2.563% and the price was 99.581667.

Focuses on the National Federation of Municipal Analysts' (NFMA) plan to issue a position paper on a the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers' (NASACT) call for quarterly disclosure. Speculation that NFMA supports the NASACT paper; Call of the NASACT for state and local governments to voluntarily disclose certain financial information on a quarterly basis.

Reports that Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the P-1 rating on the Kissimmee Utility Authority's commercial paper revenue notes in conjunction with a liquidity agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank in Florida. Increase in the commercial paper program's commitment size; Extension of the credit facility to May 31, 2005.

Reports on the downgrading of Tennessee and Milwaukee's ratings as of August 2000. Reasons why the two government's ratings were downgraded; Implications for the municipal bond market.

The article reports on the argument of market groups against the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's redesigned Form 990 which would require nonprofit organizations to provide information about their use of municipal bonds. The market group said that completing the information requested for past transactions will be extremely difficult and burdensome. The group suggested that the form should be revised because the existing version is vague and confusing.

The article reports that Chicago City Council is expected today to authorize the sale of as much as $600 million of O'Hare International Airport commercial paper to provide bridge financing, so the city can move quickly once it receives, as officials hope. Federal Aviation Administration approval for a $6.6 billion runway expansion in September. Merrill Lynch & Co. is the lead remarketing agent with 40% of the transaction. Goldman, Sachs & Co., Loop Capital Markets Inc. and Samuel A. Ramirez & Co. each will receive 20% of the deal.

Reports on the draft recommended disclosure practices for water and sewer transactions issued by the National Federation of Municipal Analysts in the U.S. Request for municipal market participants to comment on the recommendation; Goals stated in the paper; Suggestion for the secondary market to provide information in a timely manner that includes the appropriate contact person.

Focuses on the release of disclosure recommendations for tax-increment debt by the National Federation of Municipal Analysts in Washington. Similarity of the guidelines with the draft issued in June 2002; Composition of the panel that wrote the paper on recommendations; Debts to which the recommendations will apply.

Reports on the plan of the board overseeing the renovation of Green Bay, Wisconsin's Lambeau Field to sell fixed-rate bonds and floating-rate paper in a deal that will wrap up public financing for the project. Amount of bonds to be issued; State Board of Commissioners of Public Land Trust's approval of the purchase of taxable bonds from the board.

Presents news briefs related to municipal bonds in the Far West, as of July 23, 1999. Includes school bond proposition included in Alaska's April ballot; Legislation proposed to allow Orange County, California, to invest more of its surplus funds in commercial paper; Hawaii's plans to use $30 million through a combination of revenue bonds and accessing a special fund to build terminals in Honolulu Harbor.

Reports on the United States Environmental Financial Advisory Board's plans to draft a white paper on state revolving loan funds. Plans to expand the concept beyond wastewater and drinking water funding; Limitations of the current program.

Reports on Fort Worth, Texas' plans to enter the market for the competitive sale of certificates of obligation on April 28, 1998. Structure of the deal; Maturity; Proceeds from the sale; Ratings of the bonds; Speculations on Fort Worth's future financing moves.

Reports that state officials in Utah has advanced the sale schedule of $205 million of general obligation bonds on August 5, 1997. Planned used of funds generated from the sale to finance road improvement in the state; State government's launching of its first commercial paper program.

Reports on the failure of efforts to reach a compromise on a special legislative session for the approval of a capital budget in the state of Minnesota. Rejection of ground rules proposed by the Democratic leadership in the State Senate; Debate on the creation of working groups; Proposal of a bonding bill by the governor of Minnesota.

Reports on Chicago, Illinois' plan to issue a series of new-money and refunding general obligation (GO) and revenue deals and a commercial paper (CP) program in April 2004. Finance Committee's endorsement of authorization of up to $500 million of GO and emergency center GO bonds; City officials' plan to tap only a small portion of the CP program in summer.

Reports on the United States public power community's plan to continue to push Congress to pass legislation that goes a long way toward protecting the tax-exempt status of municipal utilities' bonds. Implications for market participants; Congressional support for a proposal that would grandfather all existing debt.

The authors reflect on the developments in the municipal treasury market in the U.S. on November 29, 2007. One author states that a rally in Treasuries is going to firm up the bid in municipal bonds. However, he also stresses that the credit issues are struggling back into the market because of recapitalization requirements for a couple of the insurance companies in the country. Information about the price of the UBS Securities LLC's general obligation bonds for California is discussed.

The article reports on the United States Treasury Department's issuance of $22 billion of two-year notes with a five percent coupon at a 5.090 percent yield, a price of 99.830895. The tenders at the high yield were allotted 5.70 percent. The bid-to-cover ratio was 2.03. The low yield was 5.000 percent and the median yield was 5.069 percent.

The article reports on developments concerning the municipal bond market in the United States as of July 26, 2006. It highlights trends in the municipal primary and secondary markets. The Treasury market experienced moderate gains but remained stuck in its recent range. The economic calendar was inactive for the day.

The article provides information pertaining to municipal bonds in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. It shows the issuer and purpose, the total amount of the bonds issued, approval status, underwriter choice and expected sale date. They include Phoenix water revenue bonds and the Arkansas economic development general obligation bonds.

Reports that many issuers in the municipal bond market increased the volume of paper that they sold in 2004 in the United States. List of top issuers category in 2004; Capital project financing; Refunding and restructuring trends.

Presents charts depicting the performance of the municipal bond market in the U.S.

Reports that Moody's Investors Service Inc. has lowered the credit rating of Endicott, New York to Baa3, affecting more than ten million dollars in debt. Plan of the Endicott to sell deficit bonds; Reasons cited by Moody's for downgrading Endicott's bonds; Permission granted by Governor George Pataki for the village to sell deficit bonds.

Presents a chart showing details of bonds to be issued in the Northeastern U.S. in May and June 2004. Names of issuers; Amounts; Sale dates; Issues by Connecticut's Housing Finance Agency; Massachusetts state general obligation debts; New Jersey's Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency; New York Empire State Development Corp.; Pennsylvania's state general obligation debts; Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. airport revenue bonds.

Reports on the bond offering of New York City Transitional Finance Authority. Structure of the bonds; Price of the bonds; Uses of the proceeds from the bond offering.

Reports on the fiscal 2005 budget proposal of U.S. President George W. Bush. Extension of Liberty bond program for rebuilding lower Manhattan; Alteration of the tax code; Implementation of spending programs.

The Texas Public Finance Authority (TPFA) will sell about $190 million of general obligation bonds in a deal on June 3, 2003 that has been reinforced from its original size to take advantage of low interest rates to raise new capital and refinance debt to save the state money in the near term. The authority originally planned to offer $80 million in bonds back in January, but decided to hold off issuing the debt until it had a better idea of what the Legislature would do with the state's budget, according to TPFA executive director Kimberly Edwards.

Reports on the completion of a state plan to build a prison system in Indiana. Sale of a fixed-rate limited obligations bond; Use of short-term financing for the construction of state buildings; Underwriters of the deal.

Reports on the expected sales of municipal bonds in New York City. Approval of the refinancing plan of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Amount of bonds to be issued by the Empire State Development Corp.

Reports on Mississippi officials' favorable expectations for its November 2, 2000 sale of general obligation bonds issued for capital improvements at the state's community colleges and universities. Reduced volume of bonds in the state for the year; Rating of the issue.

Reports on the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority's issuance of a $39.3 million refunding targeted at retail investors. Manager of the transaction; Expected present-value savings; Purpose of the issue.

Focuses on investor interest in the Office of the Ohio Treasurer's second general obligation (GO) bond sale of 1998. Key Capital Markets Inc.'s expected pricing of approximately $132 million of GO infrastructure improvement bonds; Ohio deals sold in June 1998; Rating of the state's GO debt; Use of debt proceeds to provide loans and grants to various local government entities for infrastructure improvements.

The article reports on the increase of issuance for short-term note in response to the strong investor demand in the U.S. It provides overview of how short-term notes have boosted the municipal bonds against the back drop of heavy market volatility and uncertainty in the market. It also mentions how short-term rate expectations have affected note issuance patterns as issuers tried to incorporate potential rate hikes into short-term debt strategy.

The article discusses the impact of historic Hurricanes Harvey and Irma on municipal bonds in the U.S. It focuses on the consideration of public assets in everyday life, the prospects for completing the rebuilding with municipal financing, and the effect on credit quality for the credits affected by the said ravaging storms.

The article informs about the rebranding of a municipal finance conference that features academics, market practitioners, public officials and regulations and its relocation from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington. A preview of the July 2016 conference to be held at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. is provided. It also announces the elected members of the conference's advisory committee.

The article offers information on the financial performance of municipal funds in the U.S. in October 2009. According to Lipper FMI, municipal funds posted an inflow of 1.41 billion U.S. dollars. Investors have been contributing an average of 2.21 billion U.S. dollars in municipal funds. It states that while municipal funds are far higher than anything prior to 2009, it is slowing down from the 2.7 billion-a-week pace.

The article reports on the recommendation of the governors from New Jersey, Vermont and Wisconsin to the House Appropriation Committee about federal assistance for the states. They push that state and local governments must be given federal assistance through tax code revisions, stimulus legislation and financial aid to help with operational costs. The Regional Bond Dealers Association also submitted a paper, urging Congress to ease limits on bank-qualified bonds.

The article reports developments surrounding the bond market in November 2007 in the U.S. A $1 billion California general obligation (GO) offering leads the way in the primary new-issue market in November 21 week. UBS Securities LLC will price $1 billion of various-purpose GO for California on November 29. Standard & Poor's Corp. and Fitch Ratings Ltd. assigned an AA rating to the $650 million GO sale of Clark County, Nevada School District.

The article reports on Thomson Financial's data showing an increase in new-money issuance for the period ended June 30, 2006. The increase is attributed to state and local governments' effort to improve their finances to invest in the future. For the period, sales increased to $122.3 billion as compared to $107.5 billion in 2005. Citigroup Global markets Inc. analyst George Friedlander attributed the increase in new-money issuance to the maturity and strength of the U.S. economic expansion.