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Moody's Ratings and Fitch Ratings both lifted their rating outlooks to positive on the San Francisco Unified School District.

NYC's final budget did enough for KBRA to bring its rating outlook on New York City back up to stable.

Munis are in a summer lull, waiting to see if CPI data will prompt the FOMC to hike rates, according to Cooper Howard, director of fixed income strategy at Schwab.

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One of three Federal Open Market Committee members to vote for a higher federal funds rate last month, the Cleveland Fed president is undeterred by the labor force decline in July.

The markets are in a "holding pattern" as they wait for news on the Strait of Hormuz and Fed policy, FHN Financial's Ajay Thomas said.

The demand has its limits, however.

Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton says muni investors should treat July as a reset, not a retreat, with positive flows, compelling taxable-equivalent yields and selective repricing supporting modest single-digit returns by yearend.

This week, issuance falls to an estimated $9.651 billion, with $6.611 billion of negotiated deals on tap and $3.04 billion of competitives, according to LSEG.