Guam’s latest proposed budget was hailed by analysts who said its approach should be copied by other U.S. territories. Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero proposed a 5.9% bigger general fund budget for fiscal 2025 days after Moody’s Investors Service raised the territory’s general obligation bonds to investment grade (Baa3) from speculative grade (Ba1); the first time
Municipals sold off Monday following U.S. Treasuries, which saw another session of large losses, as investors digested the likelihood of later and fewer Federal Reserve rate cuts. . Equities ended down. Triple-A muni yields rose 10 to 13 basis points, with the largest losses on the short end, while USTs saw yields rise 11 to14
Some insurance companies are pulling back coverage from fire- and flood-prone areas, leaving homeowners with limited affordable options. This trend may even affect the property value of American homes, experts say. The nation’s largest homeowner’s insurance company, State Farm, stopped accepting new applications for policies on property in California in May. Allstate announced in November
This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2023 shows an advertisement in front of a real estate for sales in Millbrae, California, the United States. The sales of previously owned homes in the United States dropped 2.2 percent in July from June to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.07 million units, the National Association of
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US private equity firms are rushing to take advantage of lower borrowing costs by loading debt on to their portfolio companies and then using the cash to pay dividends to themselves and their investors. Corporate
Iran used two of the UK’s biggest banks to covertly move money around the world as part of a vast sanctions-evasion scheme backed by Tehran’s intelligence services. Lloyds and Santander UK provided accounts to British front companies secretly owned by a sanctioned Iranian petrochemicals company based near Buckingham Palace, according to documents seen by the
In this article RIVN NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Netflix logo is shown on one of the streaming giant’s Hollywood buildings in Los Angeles on July 12, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters The U.S. stock market continues to be volatile due to the uncertainty surrounding when the Federal Reserve will start to
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As Iran’s best-known moderate Hassan Rouhani was being blocked from the powerful body with responsibility to appoint the country’s supreme leader, his hardline successor as president, Ebrahim Raisi, was handed a clear run at the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US forces have carried out a second phase of air strikes in response to the deaths of three American troops in Jordan last weekend, this time hitting targets in Yemen where Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have
In this article MAA AVB CPT JBGS EQR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes. “We’ve been told as tenants by employees of Equity that the software takes empathy of the equation. So they can charge whatever the
In this article BP.-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A general view of the BP logo and petrol station forecourt sign on January 22, 2024 in Southend, United Kingdom. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Company: BP plc BP provides energy products and services to its customers. The company’s segments include
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran and Iraq have warned that a wave of US strikes against militants backed by Tehran could trigger greater instability across the region. The US military said it hit 85 targets at seven facilities in
A small-town southwest Missouri hospital is scrambling to restructure after its bond trustee declared it to be in default. In a special meeting Friday, the board of Nevada Regional Medical Center agreed to hire Stroudwater Associates’ Jason McCormick as its chief restructuring officer. The hospital had been searching for someone to fill that role after
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US authorities have indicted nine individuals in connection with alleged schemes to smuggle Iranian oil, marking Washington’s latest salvo against Tehran as military tensions escalate between the two countries. The US Department of Justice on
Municipals saw losses Friday but outperformed by mostly sitting out a larger sell-off in U.S. Treasuries after jobs data showed higher-than-expected gains, forcing another recalibration for participants on rate cut timing. The January employment report came in stronger than expected, with wages rising at the highest rate since March 2022, leading analysts to suggest Federal
Los Angeles International Airport had the private-activity bonds supporting its people mover train downgraded to junk with Fitch Ratings citing continuous and ongoing delays and a strained relationship between the developer and the airport. The $1.2 billion in PABs issued through the California Municipal Finance Authority for the project were downgraded to BB-plus from BBB-minus
Cleveland-based KeyBanc Capital Markets has tapped AJ Maggio as managing director and national sales manager of fixed income. Maggio will be based in Chicago and report to Brian Brennan, national head of fixed income and derivatives. “AJ has a demonstrated track record growing, recruiting and managing sales producers across all products,” said Brennan. “He also
The Biden administration will not be appealing to the Supreme Court an Eleventh Circuit ruling in favor of states, who’ve challenged the American Rescue Plan Offset Provision that bars states from using federal aid dollars to fund tax cuts, in what may be an end to those state challenges. That decision was communicated in a
The Education Finance Council is turning up the pressure on the Internal Revenue Service for clarifications on bond rules that have gone unanswered for four years. The trade group, which represents state-based and nonprofit higher education finance organizations, is asking the agency via a letter to clarify requirements listed in Section 144(b) of the Internal
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US economy added 353,000 jobs in January, almost twice as many as expected, leading investors to rein in expectations of interest rate cuts. Economists had expected the country to have added 180,000 jobs last
Sneksy | E+ | Getty Images Rent prices are coming down in some areas, but not at the pace needed to relieve tenants struggling to pay rent. Half of renters in the U.S. spent more than 30% of their income in 2022 on rent and utilities, according to the new America’s Rental Housing report by
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