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Jun 9, 2009
Tracking the recession: Investors buying up new state-issued bonds
State finance officials are uttering a new acronym in this year of TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) and ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act). It’s BAB, short for Build America Bonds, or taxable municipal debt issued by state and local governments that is partially subsidized by the federal government.
