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The announcement came as a global settlement agreement that resolves Preston Hollow Capital LLC's litigation against Miller and Nuveen was disclosed.

New Jersey received a Moody's Investors Service upgrade to A1, citing the state's approach to pension funding and debt defeasement.

At issue is the completion of a WAPA financial settlement with its fuel supplier, Vitol, to which it owes about $278 million.

For the week ending Wednesday, outflows lessened as Refinitiv Lipper reported $91.713 million was pulled from municipal bond mutual funds after $194.097 million of outflows the week prior.

Detroit's return to investment grade is within reach if it stays on track after Moody's put a positive outlook on the Ba1 rating following an upgrade from Ba2.

Outflows continued with the Investment Company Institute reporting investors pulled $128 million from mutual funds in the week ending March 29, after $693 million of outflows the previous week.

California filed a disclosure notice March 30 saying it would cover lease revenue bond payments for a damaged Central Valley agriculture lab.

Outside of economic data, "a light forward calendar is driving strong demand in the secondary market and with new issues, with some deals being significantly oversubscribed," SWBC's Roberto Roffo said.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Providence St. Joseph Health a notch to A2, following similar moves by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings.

Moody's GO and issuer default rating upgrade to A3 from Baa1 follows a similar action taken by Fitch in November.