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Corporate and Municipal CUSIP Request Volume Surges in September.
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American Airports That Binged on Debt See Travel Slowly Revive.
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Shaky U.S. Hospitals Risk Bankruptcy in Latest Covid Wave.
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S&P U.S. Public Finance Report Card: The Not-So-Secret Sauce In State Housing Finance Agency Programs’ Stability
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S&P Pension Brief: POBs See Increasing Activity In Low-Interest-Rate Environment
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The Fiscal Future of American Cities Beyond 2020.
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COVID-19 Puts Universities’ Use of P3s to the Test: Nossaman
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Fitch Ratings Updates the Ports Criteria.
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What The Election, Pandemic May Mean For Municipal Bond Investors.
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Muni Bond Perspectives On The 2020 Election.
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Municipal Bond Market Update – October Edition
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Fitch: Post-Coronavirus “Next Phase” Key for Public Finance & Infrastructure
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The Democratic Municipal Bond Market.
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San Francisco Utility to Test Euro Interest in Muni Bonds.
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S&P: COVID-19 Activity In U.S. Public Finance
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S&P: U.S. State Casino Gaming Tax Revenues Start Long Road To Recovery Following Spring Closures
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Fitch Ratings Updates US Public Finance College and University Rating Criteria.
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Electoral Uncertainty Weighs on Muni ETFs.
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Muni Bonds Turn Toward The Election.
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BlackRock, Wells See Muni-Sales Surge, Election Shattering Calm.
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Potential Impacts of Political Shift in the United States.
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BDA: 2020 Electoral Outlook
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Clash Over Municipal Loan Program Delays Stimulus Report.
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Brian Chappatta on Fed’s Stimulus Option (Podcast)
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America’s Cities Fret as Stimulus Talks Collapse.
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The Fed Has a Not-So-Secret Weapon to Fill Stimulus Void.
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Some States See Better than Expected Revenues, But Budget Outlook is Still Tough.
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Fitch: Differences in US States’ Employment Recovery Persist; HI, NY, MA Lag
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States, Localities Need Federal Aid to Restore Jobs, Avoid More Layoffs.
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The Washington Weekly – COVID Upends Washington
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How the Muni Market is Responding to Uncertainty.
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Muni Market Inflows Show Higher Taxes Coming: Kazatsky (Radio)
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Coronavirus Pandemic Hastens the Demise of at-Risk Municipal Money Funds.
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Fitch Ratings Updates Coronavirus Scenarios for U.S. State and Local Tax-Supported Issuers.
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S&P: COVID-19 Activity In U.S. Public Finance
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Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs of Impact Bonds?
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NABL Paper Examines Bond-Financing of Charter Schools.
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How Much is COVID-19 Hurting State and Local Revenues?
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Stressed U.S. Cities See Slim Shot at Covid Relief After Shutout.
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Citigroup Sees Election as Bullish for Munis No Matter Who Wins.
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There’s Good Value in Munis, Western Asset’s Amodeo Says
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When Muni Bonds Outside Your State Make Sense.
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Muni ETFs Aren’t Dependent on Electoral Outcomes.
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SIFMA State-by-State Capital Markets Database.
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NASBO FY2021 Proposed & Enacted Budget Summaries.
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MERS Plan Changes for Municipal Employees.
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Fitch: SCOTUS Change Raises Risk of ACA Repeal, Reduced US Hospital Revenue
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New Opportunities for U.S. Airport P3 Projects Arising from COVID-19: Baker McKenzie
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Fitch: Revenue Pressures Persist for North American Airports & Airlines
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U.S. Airports Seek Fiscal Band-Aid from Coronavirus with Bond Refundings.
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WIFIA: Examining Synergies with the Muni Bond Market
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Fitch: Federal Action Needed to Prevent Delays on Transportation Projects
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America’s Infrastructure Solutions Begin at the Ground Level.
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‘You’re Cornered if You’re a City.’ How Concentration in the Municipal Bond Market Is Raising Borrowing Costs.
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Federal Reserve Board Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on An Approach to Modernize Regulations that Implement the Community Reinvestment Act
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Inclusive Recovery Requires Reimagining Local Economic Development.
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The New Normal for Local Governments and Credit Rating Downgrades.
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Rum Bonds, Ice Rink to Jolt Muni Market From Low-Yield Slumber.
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Yankees Eye Bond Market ‘Win’ by Joining Muni Refinancing Boom.
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Bond Market Seeing Material Shift in Outlook: RJ Gallo (Radio)
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New Jersey, California Dodge Worst of Tax Crisis in ‘Weird Recession’
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Pandemic’s Uncertainties Hang Heavy Over Small City’s Budget.
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Local Officials Say They Need More Time to Spend CARES Act Money, as Future Aid Remains in Doubt.
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New Census Data Shows States Beat Revenue Expectations in FY 2020.
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Fitch: True Unemployment Effects on US States Masked by Workforce Exits
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How the Muni Bond Market Is Preventing Economic Recovery.
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Vanguard, BlackRock Eye Munis and Junk as High-Grade Yields Drop.
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Muni Market Anemic to Stimulus Back-And-Forth: Kazatsky (Radio)
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Municipal Bond Market Continues to Face Risks.
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Franklin Templeton Dir. of Municipal Bonds on Market Opportunities: ‘Supply Demand is Actually Quite Strong’
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Fitch: Revenue Pressures Persist for North American Airports & Airlines
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Fitch: NFP Hospitals’ Liquidity Supports Ability to Repay CARES Act Loans
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NABL Releases Charter School Financings Paper.
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U.S. Municipalities Selling Taxable Bonds at Near Record Pace.
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Muni-Bond Downgrades Rare Even With Few Spared Pandemic’s Blows.
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US Mayors are ‘Under More Pressure Now Than Ever Before’: Ooll
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Municipal Bond Investors Have to Share the Burden in State Bailouts.
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Muni Bond Defaults Remain Rare Through 2019.
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Muni Haircuts.
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Federal Aid Impasse Heightens U.S. Muni Market Credit Risk – Analysts.
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Lawmakers Tangle Over Fed’s Muni-Market Rescue.
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Wall Street Loses Faith That Congress Will Rescue States, Cities.
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Fed’s Main Street Pandemic Lifeline Flops.
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NABL: New York Fed Releases Updated Form Documents and Certifications for the Municipal Liquidity Facility
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House Legislation to Require Fed Facilities Use More Ratings Firms.
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Senator Toomey Pushing to Wind Down Municipal Liquidity Facility.
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West Coast’s Massive Wildfires Put New Pressure on State, Local Budgets.
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Wildfires Could Hurt Some Municipal Bonds.
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‘All Kinds of Opportunity Here’: Will the Pandemic Help Improve the Way Cities Operate?
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Municipal Pension Sophistry Exposes More Cracks In AGO, Muni Bond ETFs.
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States Expect More Damaging Cuts Without More Federal Aid.
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State Revenues Decline for First Time Since the Great Recession, With the Worst Still to Come.
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Congress Faces Sept. 30 Deadline to Decide on State and Local Aid.
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The Big Question: Can States and Cities Recover from Covid?
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Fitch: US States’ Employment Recoveries Still Have a Long Way to Go
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Defaulted Rice-to-Fiberboard Company Wants to Borrow $53 Million.
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How Climate Change Threatens the U.S. Financial System.
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U.S. Regulator Calls Climate Change a Systemic Risk.
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Harvard, Princeton Rush to Sell Debt to Yield-Hungry Buyers.
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Higher Ed Headwinds Change Muni Bond Paradigm: Kazatsky (Radio)
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S&P: California’s Rolling Blackouts Could Foreshadow Rating Pressures For Public Power And Electric Cooperative Utilities
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Strained Rural Water Utilities Buckle Under Pandemic Pressure.
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Corporate CUSIP Request Volume Flattens in August, While Muni Volumes Slow.
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Municipal Bond Market Update – September Edition
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Munis Threatened By Climate Risks.
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Is Covid-19 Putting Municipal Bonds in Jeopardy?
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When Buying Muni Bonds, Investors Should Look Beyond Their Own States.
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Big Muni-Bond Trades Drop With Wall Street Bracing for Headwinds.
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Municipal Bond Market Update – September Edition
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Baird Funds Downgrades View on Municipal Bonds but Remains Bullish.
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America’s College Towns Are Facing an Economic Reckoning.
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Stadium Bonds: A Homerun or Strike Out During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
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Forget Pension Obligation Bonds. Two Cities Are – No Joke – Leasing Their Streets To Fund Pensions.
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States Plan for Cuts as Congress Deadlocks on More Virus Aid.
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How the Fed’s Expanded Support Can Help the Muni Market.
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S&P Credit FAQ: How COVID-19 And The Recession Could Affect Credit Quality For U.S. K-14 Schools
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S&P U.S. State Ratings And Outlooks: Current List
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State and Local Budget Pain Looms Over Economy’s Future.
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Local Governments Add Some Jobs in August, But State and Local Payrolls Still Way Down.
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Fitch Ratings Releases 2020 Median Ratios for Not-for-Profit Life Plan Communities.
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Fitch: Pandemic Likely to Sting Over Time for U.S. NFP Hospitals
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With Washington Deadlocked on Aid, States Face Dire Fiscal Crises.
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Muni-Fund Investors Have Been Their Own Worst Enemies.
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Risk Creeps Into Municipal Bond Market, Yet Prices Stay High.
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Getting A Yield Pickup In Misunderstood Airport Bonds.
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Morning Zoo Radio and Cash Flow Relief for Issuers: Part 1 – Squire Patton Boggs
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Morning Zoo Radio and Cash Flow Relief for Issuers: Part 2 – Squire Patton Boggs
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Better Data Can Highlight Climate Exposure: S&P Focus On U.S. Public Finance
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The Lunacy Of Using City Streets To Collateralize New Municipal Bond Deals.
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Is Your State in Financial Trouble? Here’s How All 50 Stack Up.
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S&P: U.S. Public Finance Housing Mid-Year Sector View: Uncertainty Lies Ahead
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Fitch: Resilient Air Cargo Volumes Benefit Some Airports Amid Pandemic
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Fitch Ratings Releases 2020 Median Ratios for Not-for-Profit Life Plan Communities.
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23 Muni Bond Payment Defaults Sets Record for Retirement Community Sector.
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Rural Hospitals Are Sinking Under COVID-19 Financial Pressures.
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Fitch: Pandemic Likely to Sting Over Time for U.S. NFP Hospitals
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Munis in Focus: Bloomberg Radio
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Ransomware Attacks Demanding Larger Payouts from Local Governments.
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Hurricane Laura’s Impact on the Muni Market.
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FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes.
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Managing Hurricane Risk in a Bond Portfolio.
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MUB: National Munis Face Covid Pressures, But The Market Ignores Them
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For Muni Investors, COVID-19 Provides Lessons In Liquidity.
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Municipal Bond Funds Rebound After Covid-19 Collapse.
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BondView Releases COVID-19 Credit Ratings Tool to Help Investors Check If Their Municipal Bonds Will Survive The COVID Pandemic.
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Congressional Panel Urges Fed and Treasury to Take More Risk With Main Street Program.
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Near Zero Muni-Bond Yields Signal Fed Loans to Remain a Rarity.
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Brian Chappatta on Fed’s Muni Market Move (Podcast)
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Public Sector COVID-19 Recovery Assessment Tool.
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Local Governments’ Fiscal Resilience to be Tested Long After COVID-19.
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Moody’s Updates its Methodology for Rating US Municipal Joint Action Agencies (JAAs).
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HUD Issues Guidance for Coronavirus Relief Funds.
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Fitch Ratings Updates U.S. Housing Finance Agency Loan Program Rating Criteria.
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care System Median Financial Ratios — 2019 vs. 2018
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S&P: Checkup On Not-For-Profit Health Care SBPA-Backed VRDOs In The COVID-19 Era
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Small Stand-Alone Hospital Median Financial Ratios — 2019 vs. 2018
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care System Median Financial Ratios — 2019 vs. 2018
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Stand-Alone Hospital Median Financial Ratios — 2019 vs. 2018
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Children’s Hospital Median Financial Ratios — 2019 vs. 2018
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Acute Health Care Speculative Grade Median Financial Ratios — 2019 vs. 2018
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Imposed Fee and Fine Use by Local Governments: GFOA Report
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Deserted College Dorms Sow Trouble for $14 Billion in Muni Bonds.
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Muni Bonds Sold by Phantom Agency Draw Texas Town’s Scrutiny.
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Wall Street Firms Growing Cautious on Muni Bonds After Big Rally.
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Junk-Muni Boom Sets Up Historic Distress for Billions of Debt.
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No Federal Relief Leaves States, Cities Facing Big Deficits.
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State-Aid Disagreement Proves Big Hurdle for Coronavirus Talks.
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Muni Defaults Surge, but Yields Don’t Follow.
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MTA Is Poised to Test Whether Fed Loans Beat Wall Street.
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Morgan Stanley Wealth Sees Risks in Credit on U.S. Stimulus Woes.
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Stimulus Talks Are Stuck in $1 Trillion Ditch Over Aid to States.
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For Cities, Path to Financial Recovery Could Be a Long One.
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NLC City Fiscal Conditions 2020 Report.
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The Recession Is About To Slam Cities.
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Fed to Lower Rates for Cities, States Seeking Short-Term Loans.
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Fed Announces Reduced Borrowing Costs for Municipal Issuers.
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Federal Reserve Reduces Borrowing Costs for States, Municipalities.
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S&P U.S. Not-For-Profit Acute Health Care Mid-Year Sector View: Recovery Continues, Likely Uneven For The Rest Of The Year
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Fitch US NFP Hospitals’ Stable Rating Outlook Unchanged, Sector Outlook Negative.
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Facing Pandemic Squeeze, Universities Hit Bond Markets for Cheap Cash
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Municipal Bond Market Update – August Edition
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Municipal Bond Investing In The COVID-19 Era.
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Bank of America Sees Dwindling Muni Yields Nearing Major Test.
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Muni Yields Hit Lowest Since 1952 as Fiscal Crisis Tests a Haven.
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Amendment Introduced in Senate to Expand Municipal Facility to Underwrite Credits that Incur a Loss.
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DC Update: Muni Amendments Submitted for Senate Stimulus Package
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Why Federal Aid Remains a Tough Sell for States and Localities.
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States Are Using Federal Fiscal Aid But Need Substantially More.
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House Democrats Seek Better Rates on Loans to Cities and States.
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Citigroup Suggests States Stoke Own Economies as Congress Flails.
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Fed’s Mester Says U.S. Economy Clearly Needs More Fiscal Support.
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Fitch: US Sovereign Negative Outlook Reflects Pressures Shared by USPF Issuers
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Fitch: Coronavirus Upending U.S. States’ 2021 Budgets
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COVID-19 Pandemic Fears Drove Market Demand for Bond Insurance: KBRA
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KBRA Report Highlights Growth in Demand for Municipal Bond insurance: Report Notes Bond industry Insurance Penetration Spiked Sharply Higher in First Half of 2020
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S&P Global Ratings Definitions.
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R.J. Lehmann: Could ‘Advance Refunding’ Solve the Phase 4 Impasse?
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Brookings Institute Releases Infrastructure Stimulus Plan for the COVID-19 Recession.
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College Towns Across the U.S. Are Bearing the Brunt of COVID-19.
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