| | | | Dear Reader, | Municipal bonds are supposed to be the steady lane of the market—funding roads, schools, and water systems while investors collect tax-advantaged income. But the stress investors should watch often starts inside the budget, long before it shows up in a bond's price. | In the past two weeks, we've seen how quickly muni pricing can respond when supply rises and rates get jumpy, with municipal yields moving higher as rate volatility returned in mid-January—a reminder that munis can reprice quickly when supply builds and the broader bond market gets unsettled. |
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| | | | | Why This Matters | City and county revenues come in unevenly. Property taxes hit in big installments. Sales taxes fluctuate with spending. State and federal aid can arrive late or shift between years. | But many of the biggest bills are "fixed" and scheduled: pension contributions, retiree healthcare, and debt service. When those fixed costs rise faster than dependable revenue, they crowd out everything else—street repairs, staffing, park upkeep, even basic maintenance. | That's how pressure reaches taxpayers without a headline: higher permit and parking fees, utility increases, deferred maintenance, and eventually higher borrowing costs when investors demand more yield for tighter finances. |
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| | | | | | The Patriot Perspective | For investors, this means municipal credit work is really "budget work." Favor issuers with healthy reserves, realistic retirement funding, and essential-service revenues that people keep paying in good times and bad. | In plain terms: the safest muni isn't the one with the best story—it's the one with the most breathing room. | Stay steady, Kenneth Boyd Author, Finance Writer, Former Investment Advisor & CPA |
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