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S&P Credit Conditions: U.S. Regions’ Economies Perk Up As The Pandemic’s Impact Ebbs
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S&P Pension Spotlight: Risk Sharing Dilutes Pension Burden For Five States
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Fitch Ratings Returning to Pre-Coronavirus Stresses for U.S. Public Finance.
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Biden Spending Plan Seen Jolting Muni Green-Bond Sales to Record.
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Chicago Professor Jenkins Talks Inequality in Muni Market.
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Why the Muni Bond Market Could See a Correction Soon.
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Munis Benefiting From System ‘Flush With Cash’: Eagle Asset’s Camp
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Supporters Hope for Build America Bonds Revival in Infrastructure Plan.
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SIFMA Statement on Reintroduction of the American Infrastructure Bonds Act.
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American Rescue Plan Could Boost BAB.
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What Is In the $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan Act For Local and State Governments?
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U.S. States, Cities Await Guidelines on Spending Stimulus.
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Toxic Alabama Private Prison Deal Falling Apart With Barclays Exit.
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Barclays Drops Prison Bond Deal at Last Minute After Furor.
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Fitch Ratings Updates Public Finance and Infrastructure ESG Dashboard.
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Barclays’s Derailed Prison Bond Deal Shows Growing Might of ESG.
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Brian Chappatta on Barclays Prison Bonds (Podcast)
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Barclays Has No Excuse for Private-Prison Drama.
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Alabama Prison Throws Spotlight on Wisconsin Bonding Agency.
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The Importance of Flexibility in the Municipal Bond ETF Space.
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Corporate & Municipal CUSIP Request Volumes Climb for Second Straight Month.
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Muni Market Issuance Can’t Keep Up With Demand: Mysak (Radio)
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S&P Credit Rating Model: U.S. Local Governments General Obligation Credit Scoring
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The ESG Bandwagon in the United States: Squire Patton Boggs
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Fitch: Rate of Pandemic-Related Downgrades Muted for U.S. Public Finance
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GFOA Recommended Guiding Principles for American Rescue Plan Spending.
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To Recover from COVID-19, Downtowns Must Adapt.
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Fitch: Employment Down Slightly for Some U.S. States, Notable Improvement Expected from March
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Fitch: Midwest U.S. Metro Job Recoveries Spike; West Falls
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For Hiteshew, Fed Muni Backstop Sent Crucial Message.
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S&P U.S. Charter Schools Rating Actions, First-Quarter 2021.
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S&P COVID-19 Activity In U.S. Public Finance.
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S&P U.S. Higher Education Rating Actions, First-Quarter 2021.
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Outstanding Ratings And Outlooks As Of March 31, 2021.
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Rating Actions, March 2021 And First-Quarter 2021.
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S&P: U.S. Oil And Gas-Dependent States Are Out Of The Woods (For Now)
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Rep. Terri Sewell to Introduce a Bill to Reinstate Advance Refundings, Other Priorities.
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Sewell Announces Bill to Expand Infrastructure Bond Financing.
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Barclays Kicked Out of Business Group Over Prison-Bond Work.
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Burned in Tobacco Deal, Cities in Drug Fight Target McKinsey.
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MoMA Joins Museums Seizing on Low Rates to Refinance Bonds.
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MAAX Adds To Duration As Bond Yields Attempt To Stabilize.
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Fixed Income Insights Digital Magazine – Spring 2021 – NOW AVAILABLE
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Chicago Academic Says Muni Market Promotes Inequality.
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Riskiest Higher Education Bonds See Gains as Vaccines Rev Up.
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The Role of a Trial Court in Cases Featuring Concurrent Inverse Condemnation and Tort Claims: Nossaman
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Local Alliances Put Some Cities on the Fast Track to Recovery.
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CDFA Community Facilities Technical Assistance Program.
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State And Local Governments Get Shot Of Stimulus.
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How States Can Avoid Costly Pitfalls While Rebuilding Their Economies.
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The Washington Weekly: Infrastructure in Trouble?
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There’s Another Way to Pay for Infrastructure Projects.
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How Higher Taxes Will Impact the Muni Market: Kazatsky (Radio)
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Would Punishing Panic Sellers Doom Bond Mutual Funds?
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Municipal CEF Sector Update.
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Fitch Rates Nuveen Muni CEF Preferred Shares ‘AA’
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Municipal Bond Mutual Fund Performance and Active Share.
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Cash-Flooded Muni Market Beats Treasuries by Most Since 2009.
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5 Muni Market Incentives to ‘Build Back Better.’
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Biden’s $2.25T Plan Will Impact Every Muni Sector, Hilltop’s Kozlik Says.
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Build America Bonds May Stage a Comeback in Biden’s Infrastructure Plan.
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Build America Bonds May be Key to Financing Biden’s Infrastructure Plans.
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President Biden Touts Outline for $2.2 Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Plan.
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Ways and Means Chair Neal Reiterates Support for Bond Financing in Infrastructure Package.
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Illinois Owes Georgia Voters a Debt of Gratitude.
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Rodney Slater on the The American Jobs Plan: Squire Patton Boggs
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Barclays Bond Deal Shows Limits to Vow on Financing Prison Firms.
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Grading State Budget Practices at a Turbulent Time.
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Century Housing Municipal Bond Awarded Sustainability Bond of the Year.
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Retirees and Bond-Market Volatility: 3 Tips for Navigating Rising Rates
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Unconstrained Bond Funds Struggled in Good Times. But They Might Just Be the Answer as Yields Rise.
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Bond-Market Penalties Fade for States Seeing a Federal Windfall.
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Municipal Markets and the Municipal Liquidity Facility.
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S&P COVID-19 Activity In U.S. Public Finance.
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Fitch: U.S. State Employment Growth Largely Flat to Start 2021
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Fitch: Healthcare Expansion Under ARP Positive for NFP Hospitals
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S&P: State, Local Government, School District, And Charter School Sector Views Revised Back To Stable
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Citigroup, Baird Diverge Over Risk in Student-Loan Muni Debt.
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Inviting Danger: How Federal Disaster, Insurance and Infrastructure Policies are Magnifying the Harm of Climate Change
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S&P: U.S. Not-For-Profit Transportation Infrastructure Sector View Is Now Stable For Airports, Mass Transit, And Toll Roads
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Build America Bonds May Be Key To Financing Biden’s Infrastructure Plans.
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$3T Biden Infrastructure Plan a ‘Catalyst’ for Munis: Invesco’s Paris
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White House Infrastructure Details Slowly Emerge.
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Fully Funded U.S. Public Pensions Not Necessary to Ensure Benefits.
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The Sustainability of State and Local Government Pensions: A Public Finance Approach
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TD to Buy Headlands for Push Into Quantitative Bond Trading.
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S&P: Across U.S. Public Finance, All Sectors Stand To Benefit From The American Rescue Plan
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S&P: COVID-19 Activity In U.S. Public Finance
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When State and Local Governments Can Expect to Receive Stimulus Funds.
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Brian Chappatta on State and Local Aid (Podcast)
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Federal Covid-19 Aid Aims to Help Cities, States Avoid Cutting Jobs and Services.
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What Does the COVID-19 Exodus Mean for Large Cities and Counties?
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S&P Health Care Credit Beat: $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package Provides Temporary Boost To The Sector
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Fitch Ratings Updates U.S. Public Finance Tender Option Bond Criteria.
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Moody’s Launches Comprehensive Suite of Climate Solutions.
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Why Social Bonds are Key to Driving More Investment in Education.
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Can Fiscal Alchemy Bolster Public Pension Funds?
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The Washington Weekly: House Committee Considers Munis
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‘There’s Been Low Issuance and Very Strong Demand,’ in Municipal Bonds: Head of BlackRock’s Municipal Bonds Group
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Why Taxable Munis’ Time In The Sun Has Faded: Kazatsky (Radio)
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Munis Join Selloff, Closing a Refuge From Mounting Bond Losses.
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Tax Hikes an ‘Extremely Strong’ Munis Tailwind, Foley Says.
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Munis Become Refuge From Bond Market Losses With Yields Falling.
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Successful Female Leaders Abound, But Women In Public Finance Are Rare.
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As the Muni Market Takes Off, Check Out This Pair of Invesco ETFs.
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BlackRock Debuts Active Muni ETF.
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HYD: There Is Still Some Value In High Yield Munis
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Short-Duration HY Munis Remain Attractive Options For Rising Rates.
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The ‘New Normal’ Requires Enhanced Municipal Finance Tools.
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BofA Widens Lead in Muni Business With Almost 20% Market Share.
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$350 Billion Slated for State, Local Governments as President Signs American Rescue Plan: McGuireWoods
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The American Rescue Plan: What GFOA Members Need to Know
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Bond Buyer Interview with GASB Vice Chair Jeffrey Previdi: How the Pandemic Has Affected Public Finance
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With $350 Billion, States Won’t Hold America Back This Time.
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Biden Stimulus a ‘Huge Number’ for Munis: Neuberger Berman
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MS’ Zezas on Relief Bill: It’s Enough for State, Local (Radio)
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‘Breathe a Sigh of Relief’: Muni Market Lauds State Rescue
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The Overshadowed Plight of City Budgets.
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Stimulus Solves Most – But Not All – State and Local Budget Problems.
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S&P: COVID-19 Activity In U.S. Public Finance
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S&P U.S. State Ratings And Outlooks: Current List
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Fitch: American Rescue Plan Boosts State and Local Government Budgets
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Fitch: Pandemic Exacerbates K-Shaped Economy, Government Transfers Buffer Near-Term Impact
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Stress Testing of Public Pensions Can Help States Navigate the COVID-19 Economy.
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S&P: A Tumultuous Year Presents A Major Test For U.S. Privatized Student Housing
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Fitch: Airport Car Rental Bonds Holding Firm Amid COVID-19
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Fitch: Travel Rebound to Boost US, Canadian Airport and Airline Recovery
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Interest Rates Are Rising: Time To Run From Muni Bonds?
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Munis Have Room To Move Higher.
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Munis Become Refuge From Bond Market Losses With Yields Falling.
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Why a Pullback Could Still Prove Inviting for Municipal Bonds.
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Fitch Ratings Updates State Revolving Fund and Muni Finance Pool Program Criteria.
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Rating Actions, 2020 Year-End Review.
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U.S. Public Finance: Public Pension Funds – S&P Guidance
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Empty Office Buildings Squeeze City Budgets as Property Values Fall.
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Fitch: Job Recovery Stagnates for U.S. Metros
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Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Bill Includes Aid for Hard-Hit Cities. Is It Too Little, Too Late?
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Stimulus Clears Senate – Legislation Includes State and Local Aid but No Muni Provisions.
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BDA Washington Weekly: A Turn to Munis and Infrastructure
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ASCE 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
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CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.
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U.S. DOT Announces Latest Round of INFRA Grants: Nossaman
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Municipal Bonds Finally Succumb To The Rise In Treasury Yields.
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Muni Recovery Trade Wins Big as Covid-Battered Bonds Rally Back.
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What Does the Recent Hike in Treasury Yields Indicate?
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Muni Bonds Prove a Refuge for Investors Hiding From Rising Rates.
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Muni Bond Managers Beaten by Index Funds Eye a 2021 Comeback.
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A High-Yield Muni Fund Finds Bond Bets for the Long Haul.
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SIFMA US Fixed Income Securities Statistics.
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Despite Improved State Fiscal Conditions, Serious Challenges Remain, Including for Localities, Tribal Nations, and Territories.
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Virus Did Not Bring Financial Rout That Many States Feared.
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Fitch: 21 U.S. States Saw Job Losses in December
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Forget Bitcoin or Tesla. Muni Bonds Are the King of Costly.
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Brian Chappatta on Expensive Muni Bonds (Podcast).
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March Madness Tournament Arena Tests Muni-Bond Market Appetite.
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Will You Have to Pay Twice for Better Infrastructure?
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Infrastructure Update: BDA Discusses Potential Legislation with Federal Agencies
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SIFMA Welcomes Introduction of the LOCAL Infrastructure Act.
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Hackers May Be Coming for Your City’s Water Supply.
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Rating Actions, 2020 Year-End Review.
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Fitch Ratings Updates U.S. Public Finance Charter School Rating Criteria.
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Fitch Ratings Updates Public Sector, Revenue-Supported Entities Rating Criteria.
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Dislocation Offers Muni Buying Opportunities: Kazatsky (Radio)
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MSRB Data Show Noticeable Shift in Municipal Securities Buying Patterns.
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Municipal Bonds: Back To The Basics
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Muni Credit Plays Defense When Rates Rise.
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Make Sure That Your Municipal Bonds Pay You For The Risk You Take.
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Municipal Bond Yields Rise, Swept Up in Treasuries Surge.
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High Yield Munis Benefit From Anticipated Fiscal Support.
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Local Hazards Grow as Americans Churn Out More Garbage.
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For Cities, Less Traffic Means Lost Revenue.
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To Plug a Pension Gap, This City Rented Its Streets. To Itself.
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Pension Obligation Bonds: A Prudent Investment or a Speculative Venture?
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S&P Outlook And Medians For U.S. Independent Schools: Pandemic Tests All, But Weaker Credits May Need a Booster
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The S&P ESG Pulse: 2020 Lookback
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S&P 2021 Sustainable Finance Outlook: Large Growth In Green, Social, Sustainable Labels As Municipal Market Embraces ESG
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S&P: U.S. Electric Cooperative Utilities’ Decarbonization Initiatives Improve Some ESG Risk Attributes
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Regulating Troubled or Failing Monopolies: Ordering One Public Utility to Acquire Another
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The Washington Weekly: Biden Begins Work on Infrastructure
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What the Deep Freeze in Texas Means for Municipal Bonds.
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S&P: Outages In Texas Challenge Public Power Utilities’ Rate-Making Flexibility
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Failed Poisoning Attempt Shows Vulnerability of Smaller Water Systems to Hackers.
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I Have Promoted Muni Bonds, But Investors Should Understand The Risks Going Forward.
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The ‘Quasi-Instrumentality’ Question: Chapter 9, Chapter 11, or Neither? – Arnold & Porter
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Everybody Wants Muni Paper.
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Fitch Rtgs Updates U.S. Public Finance Structured Finance Rating Criteria.
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House Budget Bill Provides Needed Fiscal Aid for States, Localities, Tribal Nations, and Territories.
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Biden Stimulus Plan a ‘Positive’ for Munis, Says BlackRock’s Carney.
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Environmental, Social and Green (Sustainable) Bonds Come Home: Ice Miller
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Fitch: Cyber Risk Poses Increased ESG Challenges to Municipal Govts
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Senior Living Continues to be Among Riskiest Muni Investments, Due to Pandemic.
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University of Washington Joins College Bond Boom in AAA Sale.
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Read the February Issue of Government Finance Review Online.
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GFOA: Is There Too Much Fragmentation in Local Government?
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U.S. Water Supply Has Few Protections Against Hacking.
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Making Community Development Capital Work in Small and Midsize Cities.
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Lot of People Crowding Into Munis Right Now: Kazatsky (Radio)
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Municipal Bonds Look Unappealing Despite Recent Demand.
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Snag Short or Long Muni Exposure with 2 BulletShares.
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