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Muni defaults top $4 billion amid real estate swoon

By Bloomberg.com

Posted: October 27, 2009 - 12:01 am ET

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Municipal bond defaults soared past $4 billion for the year through the end of September, driven partly by the bursting of the real estate bubble, according to the Distressed Debt Securities Newsletter.

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