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A new period of social liberalization and economic excess could emerge by 2022, leading to inflation and a return to higher interest rates.

John Hallacy, founder of John Hallacy Consulting LLC, talks about the most important opportunities and challenges the municipal bond market will face in 2021. He gives his estimate on where muni volume may be headed, discusses the possibility of a federal infrastructure program and talks about what to expect under a Biden Administration. Chip Barnett hosts. (Recorded Dec. 22; 22 minutes)

Daily report for January 07, 2021.

Three of seven board members will be from the original group.

The top 20 more than doubled the gains of their fixed-income industry peers.

The tax-exempt general obligation bonds were part of a $795 million proposal approved by voters on Nov. 3.

FOMC members backed maintaining asset purchases, although “a couple” were “open” to “weighting purchases of Treasury securities toward longer maturities,” according to minutes released Wednesday.

Sources expect funding to be put to use quickly compared to the CARES Act since many cities since stood up programs to provide pandemic related aid to households and small businesses.

Federal Reserve officials unanimously backed holding the pace of asset purchases steady when they met last month.

Some economists say the changes, such as a rise in minimum wage, would be a negative for the local economy.

The apparent victories by Democrats in two Senate runoff races in Georgia is a "game changer" for public finance.

The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority’s RecoverSC program has up to $100 million in total bonding authority.

The growth in issuance in 2020 spread out over the top 10 underwriters, with bulge-bracket firms sharing the wealth.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority calls it a roadmap for creating greater opportunities for low- and moderate-income state residents.

The spending plan the governor will release Friday will include a $4.5 billion economic recovery package in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

If you haven't met Suzanne Shank you should. She is the chair and CEO of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. LLC, the nation’s largest female-and minority-owned, privately held finance firm, which she started with the legendary Muriel Siebert. Join us in an intimate conversation and hear her perspective on some of the most critical issues of the day.

Daily report for January 06, 2021.

Without the benefit of a larger new-issue calendar, secondary trading is likely to continue the theme of the final two months of 2020: more bidders than bonds.

LACMA, one of Los Angeles' most prominent museums, will refund debt and move forward on construction of a building for its permanent collection.

Texas saw sales tax revenue fall 5% in December, ending a dark year of pandemic and lower oil prices.