US - The City of Philadelphia should issue $3bn in bonds to control its current 56% unfunded municipal pension liability, according to Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (PICA).
In its report on the city's fiscal problems, PICA said issuing pension obligation bonds (POBs) was not an ideal solution, but one of the few the city has and should be accompanied with dramatic ref...
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