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Observers expect the Fed to use the gathering, virtual this year, to release the new monetary policy framework it's been working on.

Challenges containing the COVID-19 pandemic on college campuses have forced an increasing number of schools into online learning this fall, leading to revenue headwinds for the higher education sector.

This week's $800 million deal is the first of $3.5 billion to be sold by the end of 2023 allowing Michigan to beef up its road and bridge infrastructure.

A state-by-state review of first half 2020 issuance in the Northeast.

Despite challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, municipal bond issuance is on pace to eclipse 2019 totals.

Low rates in an economic crisis brought a plethora of Southwest municipal bonds to market, and some see a strong second half coming.

A surge in taxable muni volume has overall issuance 18% higher in the first half of 2020.

The housing and transportation sectors had the biggest declines in municipal bond volume.

The impact of COVID-19 has had a positive outcome for the bond insurers, as use of municipal bond insurance has surged 44.2% year-over-year for the first half of 2020.

The elite university is selling $300 million of taxable debt this week.

The federal $600 monthly addition to unemployment insurance boosted income, but the local economy took a bigger hit than that of the U.S.

Daily report for August 24, 2020.

Municipals were little changed on Friday after a market moved that took long yields up by as much as 15 basis points since mid-month.

The $1.13 billion competitive deal obtained Georgia's lowest combined interest rate ever, state officials said.

The region's bond issuers sold $55.4 billion of municipal debt during the first half of 2020, a 21.1% increase from the same period in 2019.

If a relief bill with state and local government aid is not passed by the end of September, some say it could be folded into continuing resolutions, which fund the government past its Sept. 30 deadline.

Recent inflation data suggests an expected pickup in inflation, but economists see a different picture.

Online-only charters could take some market share and revenue from districts and brick and mortar charters because of the shift to virtual learning.

Daily report for August 21, 2020.

With continued economic instability as a result of the coronavirus, how will the US manage the uncertainty that appears to have no end in sight.