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The Bloomberg Municipal Index has returned 1.90% so far in December and 5.96% year-to-date, while the High-Yield Index is up 2.75% this month and 8.94% in 2023. Taxable munis are returning 3.98% in December bringing year-to-date returns to 7.83%.

SIFMA, which also filed a brief, said the District Court judge's rejection of a bondholder lien on PREPA's revenues "grossly misreads the underlying bond documents."

States have taken a wide variety of approaches to their uses of pandemic aid.

The bill would require government agencies to undertake an independent audit and a public comment period before entering into P3s among other provisions.

So far, the temporary Bally's casino in Chicago has brought in about a quarter of the tax revenue it needs to generate to keep up with budget expectations.

The rebound in the cruise industry, which has now more than recovered all the ground it lost during the pandemic, lifted the Canaveral Port Authority's rating.

The Philadelphia-based financial advisory firm has used BVAL for several years, but once the full interpolated curve and the intraday hourly changes were released on the EMMA, PFM decided to use BVAL as its primary pricing curve.

The suit contends PREPA's fiscal plans and budgets were manipulated to deprive bondholders of their claim on the authority's revenues and depress the value of the bonds.

With fears of further Fed hikes subsided, Birch Creek strategists said with "loads of cash still sitting on the sidelines, and expectations that cash will no longer earn 5%+, we believe the muni market will benefit in 2024 from a return of investors looking to allocate to the asset class."

Administering Covid relief funds was hampered by communication hurdles