On Monday, Rockland County sent a delegation to Albany to ask for the authority to close its widening budget
deficit by issuing bonds backed by a sales tax increase.
Not exact matches
Capital Markets Fixed Income Saudi Arabia has
issued its first sovereign
bonds since 2007 to help fund a widening budget
deficit caused
by continued spending amid low oil prices.
We have: • normalized the domestic yield curve •
issued the country's maiden 15 - year
bond in April 2017 • improved external balances, driven
by higher export earnings and lower imports • improved gross international reserves to US$ 7.2 billion, equivalent to 4.1 months of imports cover • improved primarybalanceto0.3 percent surplus in September 2017 against a
deficit of 1.6 percent in September 2016 • received positive sovereign rating reviews from international ratings Agencies: Fitch, B / stable; Standard & Poor, B - / positive • successfully completed the 4th IMF / ECF program review, and • achieved positive developments in the oil & gas sector — favorable ITLOS ruling, and Sankofa producing 1st oil three months ahead of schedule.
The
deficit amount has been certified
by the state comptroller, paving the way for the town to
issue long - term
bonds to raise money.
If approved
by the Governor, Rockland County will be permitted to
issue a
deficit bond to be repaid over 10 years to eliminate the County's
deficit.
For one, he vowed to veto any budget that includes
deficit financing — singling out both Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch's borrowing scheme and a gimmick fronted
by Senate Democratic leader John Sampson to refinance
bonds issued in anticipation of income from the state's tobacco - lawsuit settlement.
One of the ballot
issues defeated was a request
by school officials for authority to
issue $ 160 million in
bonds to cover the district's current - year
deficit, which represents about 23 percent of its annual budget.
First, the supply of
bonds issued by the Treasury is increasing due to larger government
deficits resulting from policy changes.