Basis Points - Market Update August 2023
Fitch Ratings downgraded the United States’ long-term debt from AAA to AA+ on August 1st.
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Jul 28
- 2 min
Locking In Short-Term Rates for Reinvestment of Bond Proceeds
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again this week by 0.25%, bringing borrowing costs to their highest levels in over 22 years.
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Jun 6
- 1 min
Basis Points- SLGS Window Reopened
President Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 bill this weekend, suspending the debt limit through January 1, 2025.
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Georgina Walleshauser
- May 5
- 1 min
Basis Points - Special Announcement SLGS Window Closed This Week
The government is taking the “extraordinary measure” of suspending the selling of State and Local Government Securities (SLGS)...
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Apr 7
- 1 min
Basis Points - Reinvest Market Update
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again last month by 0.25% and we continue to see a significantly inverted treasury yield curve.
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Feb 24
- 3 min
Basis Points: Benefits of a GIC in the Current Market
At Blue Rose, we’re seeing many issuers are evaluating the trade-off between risk and return associated with Guaranteed Investment Contracts
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Basis Points: Special Announcement - SLGS Window to Remain Open
As expected, the U.S. government’s debt limit was reached today.
#SLGS #OMS
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Basis Points - A Year in Review for Reinvestment Rates
In 2022, short-term interest rates rose significantly. This was an obvious trend that captured many headlines throughout the year.
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Basis Points - Strategizing with Reinvestment for Future Capital Needs
Not surprisingly, the FOMC meeting last week resulted in another 75-basis point rate hike to the Fed Funds rate...
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
Basis Points - Interest Rates Continue to Increase
This month the Federal Reserve raised interest rates again by 0.75%, and we continue to see significant increases in treasury rates...
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Basis Points: Increases in Short-Term Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again last week by 0.75%. Movements in the fed funds rate are closely related to short-term treasu
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Jul 5, 2022
- 3 min
Considerations for Reserve Funds in the Current Market
The current market is allowing borrowers to realize significant interest earnings through the reinvestment of their debt...
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Georgina Walleshauser
- May 9, 2022
- 2 min
Basis Points - Taking Advantage of Intraday Volatility
The current market continues to produce extremely volatile interest rates from week to week, day to day, and even intraday...
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
Basis Points - Significant Increase in Yields for Project Funds in the Current Market
The first increase in the Fed Funds rate since 2018 was anticipated by the market months before it occurred...
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Feb 7, 2022
- 2 min
Final IRS LIBOR Transition Guidance
The Internal Revenue Service published its final regulations on January 4th for the LIBOR transition.
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
Project Delayed? Revisit Your Investments
Some issuers recently have started rethinking a choice they made a year ago to invest their bond proceeds for construction funds...
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
Basis Points - SLGS Window Remains Closed with New Debt Ceiling
The U.S. government’s debt limit was raised to $28.9 trillion on October 15, 2021 to resolve a pending debt ceiling crisis.
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Sep 24, 2021
- 2 min
Basis Points - When Will The SLGS Window Reopen?
With the U.S. fiscal year ending on September 30th when government funding is set to expire...
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Basis Points - Future Opportunities with Cash Funded Escrows
By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director | Minneapolis, MN | September 2, 2021 The recent closure of the SLGS window combined with the extremely...
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Special News Alert - Pending SLGS Window Closure
The debt ceiling for the United States is currently suspended until July 31 & at that time, it will be set to the amount of debt on that day
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