This month the Federal Reserve raised interest rates again by 0.75%, and we continue to see significant increases in treasury 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

The current market is allowing borrowers to realize significant interest earnings through the reinvestment of their debt...

The current market continues to produce extremely volatile interest rates from week to week, day to day, and even intraday...

The first increase in the Fed Funds rate since 2018 was anticipated by the market months before it occurred...

The Internal Revenue Service published its final regulations on January 4th for the LIBOR transition.

Some issuers recently have started rethinking a choice they made a year ago to invest their bond proceeds for construction funds...

The U.S. government’s debt limit was raised to $28.9 trillion on October 15, 2021 to resolve a pending debt ceiling crisis.

With the U.S. fiscal year ending on September 30th when government funding is set to expire...

By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director | Minneapolis, MN | September 2, 2021 The recent closure of the SLGS window combined with the extremely...

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

In the current market, debt service reserve funds create negative arbitrage for issuers due to the difference...

Blue Rose has experience in structuring, restructuring, and procuring open market escrow portfolios.

As we’ve written previously, the debt ceiling for the United States is currently suspended until July 31, 2021...

A few weeks ago, Blue Rose and its sister company, HedgeStar, hosted a webinar relating to the phase-out of the LIBOR Index...

In past newsletters, we’ve often discussed the impact of an inverted yield curve environment on refunding escrows.

In the past, Blue Rose has written about the use of Guaranteed Investment Contracts (“GICs”) and compared them with Flexible Repurchase...

By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director As regular readers of Basis Points are aware, the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) is expected to...

By: Georgina Walleshauser, Associate Prior to the financial crisis, long-term interest rates were significantly higher than where they...

By: Brandon Lippold, Assistant Vice President Since Blue Rose’s last update on the transition from LIBOR to SOFR  the ARRC continues to...