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Article: Auction rate securities: a primer for finance officers.
- Article from:
- Government Finance Review
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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The auction rate securities market has expanded significantly in the public finance sector since 2001. Nationwide, issuance of auction rate securities, including the public finance sector, grew from $100 billion in the first quarter of 2002 to $200 billion by the end of the fourth quarter of 2003. Municipal issuers sold $42.8 billion of auction rate securities in 2004 compared with $41.3 billion in 2003, according to Thomson Financial. Public finance has become the fastest-growing sector to use auction rate securities, with total issuance projected to grow at double-digit rates in the future.
The use of auction rate financing is becoming more attractive for many ...