As Trump, Clinton Push Infrastructure, Muni Deals at 6-Year High
- States and cities boost borrowing with yields near record lows
- U.S. faces $1.44 trillion infrastructure deficit through 2025
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton don’t share many positions. But the need to revamp the nation’s infrastructure is one of them.
Clinton, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, says the U.S. is “dramatically underinvesting in our future,” and she’d pour money into roads and waterways. Trump, the presumptive Republican candidate, is blunter: the country’s infrastructure is “terrible” and airports are “a disgrace.” He wants to “start the greatest long-term building project in American history.”