Sarah Wynn

Tax-exempt municipal yields rose substantially last week causing the MSRB to take a look at trade data, said John Bagley, MSRB chief market structure officer.

Hotels and restaurants are losing as much as 50% of their business in the District of Columbia due to the coronavirus.

As COVID-19 impacts the U.S. economy, muni market participants want to bring back tax-exempt advance refunding, raise the cap on bank-qualified debt, among others.

Congressional offices may decide to minimize or ban face-to-face meetings as virus concerns grow.

Richard Li, a pubic debt specialist for the city of Milwaukee, compared disclosing COVID-19 to disclosing a hurricane hitting localities on the Atlantic coast.

Sources say action on the SEC's proposed exemptive order has slowed, though it could garner attention at next week's conference.

Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, is looking to attach tax-exempt advance refunding to an appropriations bill or other suitable legislation.

The MSRB's annual fact book showed that trading volume dipped 14% year over year.

The longtime muni lobbyist is now BDA's vice president of policy and research, after having played a less formal role over the past year.

Walter told The Bond Buyer she has been hearing the same push for transparency since her start at the SEC.