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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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Illinois Appeals Court Allows Constitutional Challenge to State’s Bonds.
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Assessing The Current State Of The Municipal Bond Market.
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Corporate and Municipal CUSIP Request Volume Slows in July.
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Marijuana Liberalization and Public Finance: A Capital Market Perspective on a Public Health Policy
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Investor Appetite For Munis Defies Gloomy Stimulus News (Radio).
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Assets No More: Racial Justice Risks in Municipal Bonds
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HYD: High-Yield Munis Have Rallied, But Risks Remain
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Franklin Templeton Launches Franklin Municipal Green Bond Fund for US Investors.
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S&P U.S. Local Government Mid-Year Sector View: Unprecedented And Unpredictable
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Moody’s Updates its Methodology for Rating US Local Government General Obligation (GO) Debt.
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S&P: Changing Landscape Threatens Credit Quality Of U.S. Convention Centers, Arenas, And Stadiums
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Fitch Revises U.S. Rating Outlooks to Negative on Public Finance Deterioration.
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The US Should Look to Canada to Reform its Public Pension System.
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Pension Managers Reveal Why They Love or Hate Private Credit.
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S&P: Sudden-Stop Recession Pressures U.S. States’ Funding For Pension And Other Retirement Liabilities.
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As Virus Aid Talks Stalemate, Trump Scorns Help for Cities.
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Pandemic Brings Fresh Challenges for City Budgeting.
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Federal Aid Delay Will Mean Damaging State Cuts With Long-Term Impacts.
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Roundup: Need for More State Fiscal Relief Continues.
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Municipalities Tapping Markets To Finance Gaps: Mysak (Radio)
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Despite GOP Bill, Muni Market Keeps Faith in U.S. Rescue for States.
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Governors and Mayors Warn of Drastic Spending Cuts Without New Aid.
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Local, State Aid In Question As GOP Loiters On Stimulus (Radio)
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State, Local Disagreements About Coronavirus Funding Boil Over.
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Virus’ Hit to Sales Tax Revenues is Coming Into Focus and It’s Not Good.
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Fitch Fiscal 2019 Median Ratios for U.S. Colleges and Universities (Performance Holds but Revenue Pressures Persist)
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Fitch: Medians Resilient For U.S. Colleges; Stiff Test Begins in the Fall
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COVID-19 And Marijuana: Can Cannabis Municipal Bonds Help Government Budgets?
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Small Ways Muni Investors Can Make A Big Difference.
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Insurers Seen Boosting Muni Stakes as Yields Surpass Corporates.
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Competitive Bidding for Primary Offerings of Municipal Securities: More Bids, Better Pricing for Issuers?
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Pre-Trade Market Activity: What Has Changed Since 2015?
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Fitch Ratings Updates U.S. Public Finance Prepaid Energy Transaction Rating Criteria.
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INSIGHT: Bankruptcy for States? Yes, But Don’t Forget the Constitution.
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Muni Market Niche Faces Biggest Test With Sales Taxes Crumbling.
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Fitch: Not-for-Profit Hospital Medians Improved Prior to Coronavirus
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S&P U.S. Higher Education Rating Actions, Second Quarter 2020.
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S&P U.S. Charter Schools Rating Actions, Second-Quarter 2020.
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S&P Credit FAQ: Pension And OPEB Guidance In U.S. Public Finance Credit Analysis
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Public Pensions Face a COVID-19 Conundrum.
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Toll Roads With Fewer Cars an Unlikely Haven for Bond Buyers.
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Investors Have More Faith in Bonds Issued by Airports Than Might be Expected.
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SIFMA: Joint Support of LOCAL Infrastructure Act
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States, Cities Shelve Public Works as Recession Hammers Revenue.
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Transportation Agencies Are Bracing For The Worst.
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FY21 Appropriations Bill Calls for Billions in Transportation Funding – Nossaman
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What Investors Want to Know: U.S. Transportation and the Coronavirus Crisis (Questions from Investor Discussions)
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Fitch: Coronavirus-Induced Travel Stoppage Clouds U.S. Transportation
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Congress Considers Additional Support for Tax-Exempt Issuers and State and Local Infrastructure Projects during COVID-19 Recovery.
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How Covid-19 Could Revive PPPs in the US Infrastructure Market.
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Recent Bipartisan Actions to Restore Tax-Exempt Advance Refundings and Authorize American Infrastructure Bonds: Butler Snow
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Three Measures in the House’s Infrastructure Package Most Fiscally Important to Cities and Towns.
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To Survive Financial Storm of Virus, States Turn to Congress.
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Local, State Aid In Question As GOP Loiters On Stimulus (Radio)
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American Cities See Economic Hit in Grim Mayors’ Report.
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Wave of Deficit Borrowing Coming From States Hit by Downturn.
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Two Fed Programs Have Bought Only One Loan Each, Watchdog Says.
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Congress Struggles With Covid Relief. How That Will Affect Some States and Their Muni Bonds.
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Putting the Muni in the Fed’s Munificence?
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U.S. Muni Market Remains Under Watchful Eye of Fed, Official Says.
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2020 Muni Market Midyear Update.
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Lincoln Center to Pay Wall Street Banks $73 Million to End Swaps.
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Do Muni ETFs Improve Market Quality?
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Century Housing’s $100M Bond Offering Sees Rapid Success.
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When More Banks Compete for Municipal Debt, States and Towns Win.
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The Fed Makes Groundbreaking Purchase of Municipal Bonds, But Is it Enough?
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Main Street Goes to Bay Street: Municipal Governments Exercise New Investment Powers
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CUSIP: Municipal CUSIP Request Volume Surges for Third Straight Month
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Local Finances Are Troubled, but Fund Investors May Still Profit.
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Virus Causes Uncertainty for State Lotteries.
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Recession Forces Spending Cuts on States, Cities Hit by Coronavirus.
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University of California Faces Hardship, Eager Bond Buyers.
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Moody’s Publishes Combined Methodology for Rating Short-Term Debt of US States, Municipalities and Nonprofits.
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Fitch Coronavirus Stress Test: U.S. Small Network Toll Roads (Issuer Flexibility Offsets Traffic Declines, Rating Pressure in Stress Scenario)
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Fitch: Strong Liquidity Across The Board For U.S. Toll Roads Despite Coronavirus
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S&P: COVID-19 Activity In U.S. Public Finance as of 7/6/20
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S&P: COVID-19 And The Resulting Recession Are Having A Limited Impact On U.S. Municipal Utility Credit Quality So Far
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S&P ‘AAA’-Rated U.S. Municipalities: Current List
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S&P ‘AAA’ Rated U.S. School Districts: Current List
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S&P ‘AAA’ Rated U.S. Counties: Current List
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SIFMA Statement on American Infrastructure Bonds Act.
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Infrastructure Bond Legislation Introduced in Senate with Support of BDA.
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Wicker, Bennet Introduce American Infrastructure Bonds Act.
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Public Pension Reckoning Delayed With Stimulus Pumping Up Stocks.
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Public Pension Funds in an Era of Low Rates and COVID-19.
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Biggest Muni-Sales Wave Since Covid Crash Tests Surging Demand.
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Red Storm Rising In The Municipal Market.
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Muni Bonds Could be Bolstered by Interesting Revenue Stream.
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How Did Post-2008 Reforms Affect the Muni Bond Market?
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Nuveen’s Junk Muni Fund Received $1 Billion Lifeline From TIAA.
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Bond Investors Have Been Jumping Back into Muni ETFs.
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Municipal Bond CEFs Still Providing Good Value And Safety.
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The Muni Market Overall is Set for More Gains, but Some Bonds are Riskier Than They Appear.
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BDA: Fed Economists Cite Municipal Market’s Recovery.
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BDA Support for HR 2 and Muni Bond Provisions – Including IDB Expansion.
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BDA Sends Letter of Support to Senators Wicker (R-MS) and Stabenow (D-MI) on Advanced Refundings.
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Investors Want Details on Bonds that Pay for Police Misconduct.
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Where’s the Greenium?
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‘Social Bonds’ are Surging as Conscious Investing Turns Mainstream.
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Coronavirus Surge Strains Municipal Bond Market, but Investors Still Pile In.
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Junk Munis See Best Run Since 2009 With Pandemic Panic a Memory.
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Bottoms-Up Bond Fund Manager DiMella Bullish On Municipals.
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The Crushing Budget Blow Awaiting State and Local Government Workers.
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The Coronavirus Crisis is Costing States and Locals Hundreds of Billions, Analysis Finds.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Could Slash 2020-21 State Revenues By $200 Billion.
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U.S. States Beg, Borrow and Cut to Close Massive Budget Gaps.
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S&P: States Demonstrate Resilience As Cash Falls Short
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S&P: As COVID-19 Grips U.S. State Finances, Some Budget Debates Will Continue Well Beyond The Deadline.
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S&P Credit Trends: U.S. Public Finance Saw Calm Before COVID-19
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Fitch Ratings Updates Toll Road Criteria.
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No Rating Actions Expected After Fitch Ratings Updates U.S. Military Housing Rating Criteria.
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Invest in Infrastructure with Qualified Infrastructure Bonds.
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SIFMA Statement on LOCAL Infrastructure Act.
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Municipal Coalition (including the BDA) Weighs in on Infrastructure Bill.
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Fear Revives Muni-Bond Insurance Business From Decade-Long Slump.
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The Moving Forward Act’s Public Finance Provisions: Butler Snow
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House Introduces Major Infrastructure Legislation: H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act
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Qualified Infrastructure Bonds Are the New BABs.
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HR2: U.S. House Infrastructure Tax Bill.
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Invest in Public and Private Infrastructure Right Now.
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What Should The Public Sector Prioritize Post-Crisis?
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N.Y. Paying JPMorgan More Than Others Shows Loan-Market Pitfalls.
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Letting States Declare Bankruptcy: Debunking the Bond Argument
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A Looming Fiscal Crisis Raises Another Fear for US Cities: State Oversight and Financial Control Boards
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Virus Fallout Forces U.S. Cities to Cut Budgets, Projects – Survey.
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Calls to Defund Police on Collision Course with U.S. City Budget Gaps.
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U.S. Recovery at Risk Without Fed Aid for Cities, Group Says.
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Fitch: Fed Liquidity Program Benefits Muni but Limited Transportation Participation Expected
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Fitch: U.S Public Power Peer Review Highlights Very Strong Financial Profile
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Public-Private Partnerships in a Post-Pandemic World.
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S&P: Overall Not-For-Profit Health Care Pension Funded Ratios Are Stable — For Now
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FinMason Launches Accessible Municipal Bond Analytics.
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Wall Street’s Muni Desks Join in Bond Boom as New Sales Surge.
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U.S. Fintech FinMason Unveils Accessible Municipal Bond Analytics.
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Guide To Municipal Bond Funds.
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Taxable Muni Market Has Gained Traction: BI’s Kazatsky (Radio)
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Municipal Market Update.
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The Search for Reliable Tax-Free Income in Unreliable Economic Times.
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The Public Finance Implications Of COVID-19.
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Century Housing Announces Unique Bond Deal.
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Fitch Ratings Rates Century Housing Corp., CA $100MM Rev Bonds ‘AA’; Stable Outlook
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S&P: Moderating Debt Burdens Allow Some U.S. States Room To Borrow During A Recession
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S&P U.S. State Ratings And Outlooks: Current List – 6/19/20
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S&P History Of U.S. State Ratings.
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Powell Urges Congressional Help for Unemployed, Municipalities as Economy Recovers from Coronavirus.
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States Grappling With Hit to Tax Collections.
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States Continue to Face Large Shortfalls Due to COVID-19 Effects.
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States Face ‘Uphill’ Fight as Financial Gains Reverse, Firm Says.
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Fitch: Student Housing Vulnerable in New Normal of Higher Education (Pressures on Universities, Public Private Partnerships and CMBS Loan Performance)
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Fitch: Coronavirus Weakens Student Housing PPP, US CMBS Performance
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Higher-Education Bonds in a COVID-19 World.
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A Warning to Muni Bond Investors: Coronavirus Recession Will Decimate State Finances
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Cities Turn to K Street for Help with Coronavirus.
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NABL: House Democrats Release Moving Forward Act Fact Sheet
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Is Another Exodus Ahead for U.S. Cities?
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While Washington Dithers, States Put Infrastructure Spending on Ice.
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Water Groups Propose New Fed Program, Return of Advance Refunding.
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Fitch Coronavirus Stress Test: U.S. Large Airports and Concentrated Hubs (Resilient Assets with Moderate Fiscal Pressures Under Stress Scenarios)
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Fitch Coronavirus Stress Test: U.S. Regional Airports (Risks More Acute to Smaller Regional Airports Under Downside Scenarios)
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Fitch Coronavirus Stress Test U.S. Airports’ Special Revenue Bonds (Limited Revenue Pledge May Pose Elevated Risk Should Traffic Downturn Persist)
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Fitch: Most U.S. Airports Resilient So Far Amid Coronavirus Fallout
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Fitch Coronavirus Stress Testing: U.S. International Gateway and Primary Hub Airports (Franchise Strength and Liquidity Offset Downside Stresses, Terminal Projects More Exposed)
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In the Covid Era, the Relationship Between Cities and Megadevelopments Makes Even Less Sense.
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Mid-Grade Munis Have Room To Rebound.
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Federal Reserve Opens Municipal Liquidity Facility And Releases Transaction Documents.
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Federal Reserve Further Modifies Eligibility for Municipal Liquidity Facility.
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Second Expansion to the Federal Reserve’s Municipal Lending Program: Hunton Andrews Kurth
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States Contemplate Borrowing to Help Manage Pandemic’s Fiscal Impact
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Cities Prepared for Rainy Days, but Not a Fiscal Tsunami.
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Biden Calls for More Federal Aid For Cash-Strapped Governments.
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S&P: How Artificial Intelligence Technologies Are Changing U.S. Public Finance
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Future of Airport Debt in the Midst of Travel Restrictions Around the World.
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S&P: U.S. Oil-Producing States Dealt Double Blow From Price Collapse And COVID-19
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Federal Legislative Proposals at a Crossroads? – Ballard Spahr
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Wall Street Risk Analysts Rise in the Muni Bond Market.
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Investors Are in a Race to Find the Best Models of Climate Risk.
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Dual Threats: COVID and Climate Change
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Municipal Borrowers Prepare for New Issuance Surge as CUSIP Request Volume Climbs for Second Straight Month.
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Where Are Munis Getting Their Money?
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Risky Munis Shrug Off Recession in Biggest Rally Since 2009.
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