The Muni Lowdown

The Muni Lowdown is a periodic podcast recapping significant news developments in the municipal bond market from Debtwire.

The Muni Lowdown is a business podcast hosted by ION Analytics, with 187 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

ION Analytics hosts The Muni Lowdown, a business show with 187 episodes published.

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  Venezuela, bonds, and muni drift

  May 6, 202617 minS0

  <p>Host Paul Greaves and Ben Miller, managing editor for Debtwire Latin America, speak with our guest about how Venezuela’s political shock and the CITGO sale are reshaping expectations for one of the world’s largest sovereign restructurings.</p> <p>After the January operation that led to Nicolás Maduro’s capture and Delcy Rodríguez becoming interim president, Venezuelan bonds surged into the low 40s as investors reassessed political risk and the prospects for a long‑stalled restructuring. We explore why the PDVSA 2020 secured creditors now sit at the center of negotiations and how a USD 60bn stock of default...

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  Episode #188

  Private credit, public pensions

  Apr 23, 202620 minS0

  <p>Paul Greaves and co‑host Kunal Kamal sit down with Tod Trabacco, Head of Private Debt Advisory at StepStone Group, to unpack how private credit is reshaping pensions, infrastructure finance and the drivers of municipal credit strength.</p> <p>Tod explains how major public pensions structure private credit portfolios, the risks they focus on, and how liquidity dynamics influence performance. He connects those forces directly to contribution volatility — the core variable that ultimately shapes municipal credit — giving listeners a clear, practical view into how the fastest‑growing asset class in pensions really works.</p> <p>The discussion then turns to the r...

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  Episode #187

  Munis under pressure: Supply, shocks, and credit dispersion

  Apr 13, 202623 minS0

  <p>Paul Greaves and Kunal Kamal speak with John Miller, Head and CIO of Municipal Credit at First Eagle Investments, on how heavy supply and repeated system shocks are driving credit dispersion in munis and reshaping risk. In the episode, Miller discusses how recent developments in project finance have reinforced a broader shift in municipal markets away from broad market moves and toward issuer‑specific credit outcomes. He explains how today’s opportunity set differs from a year ago and where dispersion between stronger and weaker credits has become most apparent. The conversation also covers First Eagle’s expansion of its mu...

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  The new math of Las Vegas

  Mar 18, 202624 minS0

  <p>Host Paul Greaves and co‑host Kunal Kamal talk with UNLV economist Andrew Woods about what diverging tourism indicators reveal about the real state of the Las Vegas economy.</p><p>Las Vegas visitor counts are falling even as Strip gaming revenue hits records. Andrew Woods explains what these conflicting signals mean, why fewer visitors may be spending more, and how rising prices are reshaping demand.</p><p>We dive into what’s keeping visitation stuck near 39–40 million, which parts of the local economy respond first to tourism slowdowns, the warning indicators economists watch, the shortfall in international travel, and wh...

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  Breaking the climate debt doom loop

  Feb 10, 202619 minS0

  <p>On The Muni Lowdown, Paul Greaves and Stephanie Fagnani speak with Aayushi Mishra, PhD candidate and Lizzy Warner Fellow, about how climate pressures are reshaping the fiscal outlook for cities and states.</p><p>This episode breaks down how the loop forms—starting with how climate impacts move through a city’s finances, from emergency response costs to disrupted revenues and rising insurance pressures. We examine why post‑disaster borrowing can deepen fiscal vulnerability, and how municipal bond markets are pricing, absorbing, or sometimes reinforcing climate‑driven risk.</p><p>We also dig into the signals investors should look for to d...

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