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The county began exploring a new facility eight years ago. Studies concluded the current facility was ill-equipped to deal with overcrowding, in poor physical condition and its design fell short of current standards.

"With rates volatility seemingly subsiding in the past few weeks, we could start to see outflows decrease and demand flow back into munis," according to AmeriVet Securities' Jason Wong.

The system's turnaround efforts include using proceeds of a proposed $710 million deal to sell hospice and home health assets to pay off direct placement debt.

A change by the IRS increases the Permanent School Fund's capacity by nearly 86%, allowing its triple-A school bond guarantee to be widely available again.

Investors will be greeted Monday with a new-issue calendar estimated at $6.018 billion with a few bellwether, triple-A names coming from Loudoun County, Virginia, Frederick County, Maryland, and Columbia University with sizable deals.

Banks reduced their quarterly muni holdings during the first quarter at the fastest rate in 20 years, per Municipal Market Analytics.

"Our ratings reflect the progress the city has made over time on important issues like rebuilding reserves and improving the health of our pension fund," said Philadelphia Treasurer Jackie Dunn.

Outflows were seen again from municipal bond mutual funds, though they lessened this week as Refinitiv Lipper reported $101.664 million was pulled as of Wednesday.  

The CPI numbers coming in pretty much as expected "was a relief" to the markets, with the bond market rallying after the release, said Luke Bartholomew, senior economist at abrdn.

Despite the attraction for new issues, sources said there is still uncertainty overall in the municipal market stemming from the regional banking crisis.