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Ann-Charlotte Eliason, head of Nasdaq's Sustainable Bond Network, and Emily Robare, who leads ESG credit analysis for Gurtin, a PIMCO company, talk the current state and future of ESG, social, green and impact investing in munis through the lens of both domestic and international investors. Lynne Funk hosts. (38 minutes).

Eliseo Sampayo was fined $20,000, half of which will go to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board for violating its rules.

Daily report for September 23, 2020.

Chicago's chief financial officer said the city must consider all options given the magnitude of the pandemic in the absence of federal relief for lost revenue.

August and September economic activity has probably been better than that of July, analysts said, however some expect economic activity will resume its decline in October and the following months.

Diverse issuers from NYC to Texas to Chicago to Michigan to PA Turnpikes priced billions into the primary while the secondary again took a back seat.

The Florida Cabinet approved new money and refunding bonds, some of which may be sold as taxable debt with advance tax-exempt refundings no longer possible.

The U.S. central bank’s new guidance on interest rates doesn’t preclude tightening before inflation averages 2% for some period of time, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said.

Guarnaccia is a partner at Ballard Spahr in Baltimore.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., said the Municipal Liquidity Facility is not flexible enough for states and local governments.

The housing market continues to lead all sectors in recovery, althoough a manufacturing and two services surveys also showed signs of recovery.

Talent, Oregon, was in the path of destruction created by the Almeda Fire in a 13-mile corridor between Ashland and Medford.

The conventional wisdom has been that clients should keep six to 12 months of living expenses in cash in case of job loss or another unexpected event. While that is sound advice, in the age of COVID-19, this may no longer be enough.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the U.S. economy has enough momentum to continue its recovery from the coronavirus slump even if Congress fails to pass additional taxpayer support.

Lisa Daglian, executive director of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA, and MTA board member Andrew Albert say supporting mass transit is the best way to rejuvenate the economy in New York and nationally. Paul Burton hosts. (27 minutes)

Daily report for September 22, 2020.

The system took two rating hits over its rising debt levels and strained balance sheet metrics as it readies a $354 million borrowing.

S&P issued a bulletin Monday warning that pressure is mounting on Illinois' BBB-minus rating —the lowest investment grade — as federal relief remains stalled.