The cash-flow figure is closely watched by bond analysts.

But some municipal bond analysts would not agree.

"It was fairly clear that she loved to sing," her father, Mark, a bond analyst, said.

In the end, it was a bond analyst who sniffed out the problem.

The measure of interest rate risk typically used by bond analysts is called duration.

Job growth is accelerating despite rising interest rates, upsetting bond analysts.

But many of the loans issued recently could result in problems down the road, the bond analysts said.

"I had a pretty good beard going last week," said a bond analyst instructed by his British bank to work from home.

He rose from bond analyst to vice president and treasurer at the company.

Those moves have brought criticism from bond analysts who have been urging the state to take substantive steps to cut spending.