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Kim Olsan, senior vice president at FHN Financial talks with The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk about trading the municipal market in the COVID era. Olsan trades the short- and intermediate but she has some thoughts about high-yield and taxables as well. (36 minutes)

As devastating as natural disasters can be, their impact to municipal bond prices has been muted.

The U.S. economy should continue to recover from the coronavirus-induced recession even if Congress puts off consideration of additional fiscal stimulus to 2021, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said.

New revenue from a graduated tax without an accompanying long-term plan to tackle the state's fiscal woes won't solve them, the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago warns.

The municipal market's volume registered its fourth consecutive month of greater-than-$40 billion and the largest on record total for the month of September.

The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority’s deal came in three times oversubscribed and was an important step in the Commonwealth’s return to the capital markets.

The nation's largest not-for-profit healthcare system by acute care revenues is evaluating a fourth quarter sale.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said the central bank has been clear to investors and businesses on where the benchmark policy rate will be over the next few years.

The U.S. labor market is slowing after an initial strong rebound from the coronavirus-induced downturn and policymakers will be challenged to engineer a full recovery in employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said.

Nationally, there are around 7,500 charter schools in 44 states in addition to the District of Columbia, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.