More SPBs used to repay hidden debt
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Local governments are increasingly using their special-purpose bonds (SPBs) to repay existing debts.
ICYDK: Local governments fund infrastructure construction – and to a lesser extent, bank recapitalization – with their annual SPB quotas.
Last year, however, they were allowed to issue an additional...