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Most participants expect better performance for munis in the near-term. Longer-term, a lot depends on rates, COVID and other outside factors, such as infrastructure.

The city, which Moody's downgraded last week, is appealing a Nassau County judge's ruling that has it on the hook for $131 million over a dispute with a developer.

While municipals hit the pause button Friday, the movement in yields in the first week of July marked the largest one-week decline in 2021.

Hawaii lawmakers made changes to the budget this week in response to a flurry of vetoes from Gov. David Ige.

Rating agencies are pushing municipal issuers to build online security risks like ransomware attacks into mitigation strategies that include more transparency.

Chicago's net pension liabilities increased by $1.1 billion in 2020 to almost $33 billion.

Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown said he expects Federal Reserve Vice Chair Randal Quarles’s oversight of the central bank’s financial supervision to end with the conclusion of his term in October.

PFM Asset Management will continue to operate as a separate entity. The deal does not affect PFM’s financial advisory business which will continue to operate independently.

In his lawsuit in state Supreme Court, the New York city comptroller seeks a return of oversight to his office,

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York overtook California for the most issuance, while New York issuers made up half of the top 10.

As the White House weighs the potential renomination of Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, officials are discussing the use of openings on the board to reshape the central bank.

More of the same from the FOMC did little to move UST or munis. ICI reported the 17th consecutive week of inflows at $1.98 billion. July is looking good for municipal issuers.

President Joe Biden would be well advised to offer Jerome Powell a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve to preserve policy stability as the U.S. economy recovers from the pandemic, said former Fed Vice Chair Alan Blinder.

Hawaii lawmakers approved the budget before Treasury guidance banned the use of federal funds for debt payments or reserves.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the bank’s president, Neel Kashkari, said.

The calendar includes $4.25 billion of new money and $2.5 billion of refundings and reofferings, New York State's comptroller said.

Puerto Rico's government would pay attorneys to represent the interests of bondholders who own less than $1 million of Puerto Rico bonds.

High-yield municipal bond returns are more than 6% so far in the year as Nuveen expands its reach in the sector with a new "interval" high-yield fund.

The Oversight Board filed a suit against a new law that contradicts certain provisions in the plan of adjustment. Gov. Pierluisi says the litigation is not necessary.

Michigan's fiscal recovery led S&P Global Ratings to lift its rating outlook to stable from negative. Fitch boosted its outlook to positive earlier this month.