Municipal Bonds

Bloomberg Bird-Dogs Meredith Whitney’s Terrible Call

By Ryan Chittum Dec 16, 2011 at 03:57 PM

Remember Meredith Whitney's apocalyptic predictions on the municipal-bond market last year? Bloomberg News does. And it makes sure Whitney and... More

Bloomberg News Pops the Meredith Whitney Bubble

The analyst can’t back up key 60 Minutes assertions that worsened a muni-bond panic

By Ryan Chittum Feb 1, 2011 at 01:50 PM

Bloomberg News lands some real blows on analyst Meredith Whitney in a terrific story this morning. Whitney, famously—or infamously—went on... More

The NYT Throws Gasoline on the State-Bankruptcy Flames

By Felix Salmon Jan 21, 2011 at 11:28 AM

Talk of introducing legislation allowing states to declare bankruptcy began in earnest in November. A speech by Newt Gingrich was... More

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