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Despite the post-election selloff, inflows continued this week as LSEG Lipper reported investors added $1.263 billion to municipal bond mutual funds for the week ending Wednesday, compared to $658.5 million of inflows the prior week. High-yield inflows returned.

The Bond Buyer's Deal of the Year awards will mark the 23rd year it has recognized outstanding achievement in municipal finance. The event, to be held Dec. 3 in New York City, will also include the presentation of the Freda Johnson Awards for Trailblazing Women in Public Finance.

Unless the state government makes changes to taxes or spending, there will be deficits of $587 million to more than $800 million starting in the next fiscal year.

Northern Illinois University is going to market with $62 million of certificates of participation to finance energy-saving projects affecting 50 buildings.

While this meeting is a slam dunk, the election and data makes the December meeting more of a question, some analysts said.

A rule change allowing non-profits to cash in green energy credits presents both opportunities and challenges.

Moody's believes Florida will sell bonds to help replenish the CAT fund this spring.

The increase in the muni market's size, number of novel credits and retail investors suggest it's "finally time" for direct SEC regulation, argue market veterans Kent Hiteshew and David Dubrow.

The Federal Reserve began cutting rates in September. The December meeting is its last of 2024. Will the cutting continue, or will there be a pause? Doug Peta, Chief Strategist, U.S. Investment Strategy, at BCA Research, discusses the meeting and future policy.

October's "price path has created wider spreads but also brought higher yields that are now in the range where a broader audience may begin to take notice," said NewSquare Capital Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Kim Olsan, noting higher taxable equivalent yields for different tenors of the yield curve.

Wittstruck takes over the S&P role previously held by Robin Prunty, who retired in August.

The board has put out fourteen questions on its fee setting process and will be accepting responses until January 31.

Municipals largely stayed in their own lane Wednesday, digesting the large slate of new issues as supply dwindles heading into election week, with Bond Buyer 30-day visible supply falling to $5.56 billion.

Some analysts question how much a leftist governor would impact financial and bond issues.

The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority's CEO was ousted and its chair faces ouster as it prices a $330 million deal to restructure its bond debt.

Municipal advisor Hamlin Capital Advisors and Michael Ferrell Braun have been charged by the SEC for failing to disclose material conflicts of interest to its charter school clients.

The deal was the latest billion-dollar-plus transaction for one of the P3 airport terminal projects at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

"We have made good progress, but inflation is still running above the FOMC's 2% objective," said Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board held its first board meeting over Oct. 23-24, where it approved a number of rule proposals and requests.

The downgrade affects $2.1 billion in bond debt and extends to its utility debt.