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U.S. State & Local Government Debt Markets
Global Interdependence Center March 25-27, 2012
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Peter Demirali Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
John Mousseau, CFA Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
David R. Kotok Chairman & Chief Investment Officer
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• $3.8 Trillion in U.S. Dollars
• State and local general obligations, state and local agencies (housing, public utilities, water, education, economic development, others)
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• It is a bond issued by a state, state or local agency, or local government (city or town) 2 types of Municipal Bonds
• General Obligation (G.O.) The bond is secured by the issuer’s full faith, credit, and taxing power
• Revenue Bond The bond is secured by revenue from tolls, user charges, or rents derived
from the facility financed. Examples include turnpikes/toll roads, water and electric authorities, education and dormitory authorities, housing authorities, economic development authorities, port authorities and others.
• Historically, most municipal debt issued is exempt from federal income taxes. Recently, the Build America Bond (BAB) has significantly increased the amount taxable municipal supply and attracted substantial interest internationally.
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95Total Marketable and Nonmarketable Federal Government Debt as % of GDP ( ) 12/31/2011=99.36
Components of US Government Debt as Percentage of GDP
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• Build America Bonds (BABs) were created by the America Recovery
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA” or “Stimulus Act”) in February
• Permits state and local governments to sell taxable bonds instead of
tax-exempt bonds and receive periodic payments from the US
Treasury equal to 35% of the interest on the bonds for the life of the
debt
• Congress created BABs to broaden the market for municipal debt
and to provide a more efficient subsidy than tax exemption
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• BABs program expired December 31, 2010
• There were no limits on the amount of debt that may be sold as
BABs and no restrictions on their structure or maturity beyond the
rules applicable to tax-exempt bonds
• From an investor’s perspective, BABs are simply taxable municipal
bonds. The Federal interest subsidies are paid directly to the
issuers, not to investors, and are generally not material in the
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Default Rates: Muni vs. Corporates
Average Cumulative Default Rates, 1970-2011, Municipal vs. Corporates All Municipals
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Default Rates: GO and Non-GO
Average Cumulative Default Rates, 1970-2011, GO and Non-GO
Notes: 1. The first cohort considered is the one-year cohort starting on January 1, 1970. The last cohort considered is the one-year cohort starting on January 1, 2011. 2. Transition rates are averaged over cohorts spaced one month apart.
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