Sacramento Bee logo Sacramento Bee 13 months ago

California sells $5 billion in short-term bonds

Investors have spoken: The Golden State is still golden. Full Article at Sacramento Bee

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  1. We went into this estimating our total needs would be $7 billion. That's our current number
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  2. The success of this deal far surpassed all expectations
    Bill Lockyer Bill Lockyer SOURCE: Sacramento Bee 13 months ago
  3. Who knows what the future will bring?
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  4. so we have to have a middle man. That's standard procedure.
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  5. It's a good deal ... I look at it like this: If the state of California goes away, I'll have a lot more to worry about than getting my money back.
    SOURCE: Sacramento Bee 13 months ago
  6. Why pay a broker? ... There's no fee with U.S. savings bonds, and I can buy those online.
    Mike Garcia SOURCE: Sacramento Bee 13 months ago
  7. Unfortunately the reality is that (with the sale of the RANs) we've avoided the worst case scenario, which is not being able to pay our bills ... And the bad news is that we'll probably need to float more debt because of the current state of the economy. Corporate taxes will be down, retail sales tax wi...
    SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 13 months ago
  8. The success of this deal far surpassed all expectations ... Californians stepped up and invested in record numbers, showing their faith in the state's strong credit.
    Bill Lockyer Bill Lockyer SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 13 months ago
  9. It gives some indication that the credit markets, while certainly not completely defrosted, aren't as frozen as we thought
    SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 13 months ago
  10. The trick is determining exactly what the magnitude of the problem is and addressing it with a single set of actions
    SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 13 months ago

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