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COVID-19 brought the primary to a standstill in March and April. The municipal market is now set to eclipse $450 billion of issuance in 2020, a record.

With rising COVID-19 cases and increasing local restrictions, jobless claims can be expected to continue rising, economists said.

The twin ports of Southern California, in Long Beach and Los Angeles, both reported record numbers this fall.

Bridge funding from a lame-duck Congress could help plug operating deficits and stave off doomsday measures, agency leaders insist.

Conduit issuer Trust for Cultural Resources for the City of New York will issue the $77 million green transaction.

Dave Rudd, president of 280 Capmarkets and Prescott Nasser, co-founder and chief technology officer, talk about how technology is changing the municipal landscape, the need for the market to focus on ESG and how the industry has made it through COVID and 2020. Lynne Funk hosts. (21 minutes) Recorded on November 12.

The state attorney general is asking the court to clarify the legal standard for denying taxpayer actions and decide if the state constitution limits GO borrowing to capital purposes.

The state will use debt service savings from the refunding side of the deal for near-term budget relief; the deal includes its first taxable refunding bonds.

Muni benchmarks were steady while new deals re-priced to lower yields in a tale of two markets. ICI reported more inflows.

Many predicted double-digit unemployment at yearend, but that won't happen, but even after vaccines are introduced labor market questions will need to be addressed.