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Chris Mier, CFA of Loop Capital, says fiscal policy needs to achieve more at present and believes we are at a comfortable point in the credit cycle. Despite that conviction, he says the coronavirus will serve to slow growth. John Hallacy hosts.

Municipal bond yields were unchanged at record low levels, according to late reads.

Moody's Investors Service revised its outlook on Detroit's general obligation bonds to positive from stable and affirmed its junk Ba3 rating.

Attention is focused on the impact COVID-19 may have on economic growth in the United States in the short and long term.

The city's sustained financial health is attracting private investment and enabling it to fund neighborhood infrastructure needs, Mayor Bill Peduto said.

As COVID-19 fears run rampant, investors continued to sell off equities, resulting in muni yields again following Treasury yields down to all-time lows.

The Fitch rating on the bonds, issued as part of the Midwestern Disaster Area authorization, remains deep in junk.

More private money would be invested in infrastructure if Congress expands the use of PABs and P3s.

The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index improved rose to 130.7 in February.

Municipal bonds yields continued their descent and once again rewrote the record books, as the flight to safety on fears of COVID-19 that took place Friday picked up right where it left off.