Elizabeth Rembert

New York

Municipal Finance Reporter at Bloomberg News

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Elite Colleges Go on $4 Billion Debt Spree After Trump Threats

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Amanda Albright |Elizabeth Rembert

Elite American universities have taken on more than $4 billion in additional debt since March that will help protect their finances as the Trump administration takes aim at their budgets. Harvard University, the face of the fight, has boosted its debt load 16% after a bond sale in April. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology just ramped up its liabilities 18% to $5.2 billion.
Elite Colleges Go on $4 Billion Debt Spree After Trump Threats

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Amanda Albright |Elizabeth Rembert

Elite American universities have taken on more than $4 billion in additional debt since March that will help protect their finances as the Trump administration takes aim at their budgets. Harvard University, the face of the fight, has boosted its debt load 16% after a bond sale in April. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology just ramped up its liabilities 18% to $5.2 billion.
Elite colleges go on $4 billion debt spree after Trump threats

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Amanda Albright |Elizabeth Rembert

Share Elite American universities have secured over $4 billion in additional debt since March that will help protect their finances as the Trump administration takes aim at their budgets. Harvard University, the face of the fight, has boosted its debt load 16% after a bond sale in April. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology just ramped up its liabilities 18% to $5.2 billion.
Elite colleges go on $4 billion debt spree after Trump threats

1 week ago | detroitnews.com | Amanda Albright |Elizabeth Rembert

NATIONAmanda Albright and Elizabeth RembertBloombergView Comments Elite American universities have secured over $4 billion in additional debt since March that will help protect their finances as the Trump administration takes aim at their budgets. Harvard University, the face of the fight, has boosted its debt load 16% after a bond sale in April. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology just ramped up its liabilities 18% to $5.2 billion.
Harvard, MIT Lead Elite Colleges’ $4 Billion Debt Spree After Trump Threat

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Amanda Albright |Elizabeth Rembert

A student in front of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library before graduation ceremonies on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bloomberg) -- Elite American universities have secured over $4 billion in additional debt since March that will help protect their finances as the Trump administration takes aim at their budgets. Harvard University, the face of the fight, has boosted its debt load 16% after a bond sale in April.
Bessent Says Trump Moving Forward on Harvard Tax Review (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Elizabeth Rembert |Janet Lorin

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump is “moving forward” with efforts to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, ratcheting up the government’s high-profile clash with one of the nation’s wealthiest and most prestigious schools. Harvard may not be complying with some of the rules that govern institutions with the federal tax benefit, Bessent told Bloomberg Television’s David Westin on Friday. “We will see if they are following the rules,” he said.
Bessent Says Trump Administration Moving Forward on Harvard Tax Threat

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Elizabeth Rembert |Janet Lorin

Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Friday, May 23, 2025. Bessent said that US regulators this summer may ease a rule that’s served as a constraint on banks’ trading in the $29 trillion Treasuries market.
DC’s Smithsonian Loses Triple-A Rating After US Credit Downgrade

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Elizabeth Rembert

A statue of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, outside the headquarters of the Smithsonian in Washington. (Bloomberg) -- The Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex boasting 21 museums and the National Zoo, has lost its top-tier credit rank from Moody’s Ratings just days after the firm stripped the US government of its last triple-A rating.
Untouched Muni Tax Perk Eases Urge To Flood The Market

3 weeks ago | fa-mag.com | Elizabeth Rembert

Municipal bond investors likely felt relief this week when a draft tax bill didn’t erase the all-important tax exemption, but that respite may cool this year’s market for state and local governments seeking cash. Most muni bonds pay interest that’s exempt from federal taxes, a perk that entices investors without raising an issuer’s borrowing costs.
Untouched Muni Tax Perk Eases Urge to Flood the Market

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Elizabeth Rembert

(Bloomberg) -- Municipal bond investors likely felt relief this week when a draft tax bill didn’t erase the all-important tax exemption, but that respite may cool this year’s market for state and local governments seeking cash. Most muni bonds pay interest that’s exempt from federal taxes, a perk that entices investors without raising an issuer’s borrowing costs.