Municipals were mixed Wednesday, but selling pressure was evident on the short end, as few deals of size priced in the primary market and balances from Tuesday’s large new-issues were digested. Munis underperformed a stronger U.S. Treasury market while equities ended up. Despite weakness Wednesday and Tuesday, munis have “held in pretty well,” with yields
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A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted on the lawn in front of a home on March 15, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The usually busy spring housing market is underway, but mortgage demand isn’t moving. Application volume was essentially flat last week, dropping 0.7% compared with the previous week, according to
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bank of England is probing how UK businesses would be hit by the reversal of a long-running private equity boom, officials said, as they escalated warnings about leverage, transparency and valuations. The BoE’s financial
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Shares in Donald Trump’s social media business rose 26 per cent ahead of its New York market debut on Tuesday, valuing the former US president’s stake at about $5bn as he faces massive legal bills.
Houston would be able to accommodate the cost of a proposed settlement with its firefighters in the near term, but will need a revenue boost to prevent a structural budget gap from growing, City Controller Chris Hollins said Tuesday. Hollins, who took office in January, said he will have to certify if funds are available
A massive new-issue slate was the focus Tuesday, with investors digesting three large general obligation deals out of California, New York City and Washington, amid lighter but slightly weaker secondary trading. The onslaught of new-issuance and approaching month- and quarter-end led triple-A yields to rise up to seven basis points on the short end and
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Taylor Hill | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink said capital markets can help solve a crisis brewing around the ability of Americans to afford retirement as lifespans elongate, and for the government to provide a basic safety net. In his annual letter to shareholders, Fink called
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US faces a Liz Truss-style market shock if the government ignores the country’s ballooning federal debt, the head of Congress’s independent fiscal watchdog has warned. Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office, said
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the hallway outside a courtroom where he attended a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters A court ruling that slashed Donald Trump‘s civil fraud appeal bond
Municipals were steady as investors await several larger new-issues, including $2.68 billion of California GOs, which were offered to retail investors Monday, while U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended down. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Monday was at 61%, the three-year at 61%, the five-year at 58%, the 10-year at 58% and the 30-year at
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A New York appeals court has reduced the size of the bond payable by Donald Trump to delay enforcement of a $464mn fraud judgment against him and his businesses to just $175mn, in a win
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU has launched probes into Apple, Alphabet and Meta, in the first use of a landmark new law designed to rein in Big Tech’s market power. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, announced
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The US and Japan are planning the biggest upgrade to their security alliance since they signed a mutual defence treaty in 1960 in a move to counter China. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce plans to restructure the US military command in Japan to strengthen operational planning and exercises between the
In this article BAC ENB-CA PEP ENB BAC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bottles of Pepsi soda are seen on display at a Target store on February 09, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn borough New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Even as the major averages have recently hit fresh
Friday’s bloody attack on a Moscow concert hall has been claimed by the terror group Isis, but Russian propagandists have sought to blame Ukraine. Responsibility for the assault, in which four gunmen killed at least 133 people and incinerated the building, was attributed by the US and other western countries specifically to an Afghan-based affiliate
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