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Daily report for July 27, 2020.

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Municipal bonds finished steady on Friday ahead of next week's $7.8 billion new-issue slate while high-grade paper trades up in the secondary. Investors are looking for stability.

The next stimulus package will help municipalities and those who are struggling the most, but won't be as generous as the first package, economists predict.

The bond lawyer group's No. 1 suggestion is to loosen the rules governing state and local government borrowing for working capital.

A 16-year-old bond case reemerged to play a central role in Republican efforts to halt Gov. Phil Murphy’s $9.9 billion borrowing plan.

The Puerto Rico oversight board warned that without restructuring, PREPA faces about $4.5 billion of legacy debt service obligations in the next five years.

Daily report for July 24, 2020.

Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah said he will vote against Judy Shelton, one of two Trump administration nominees to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport's second major refunding saw results similar to the first, paving the way to a $1.1 billion deal next week.

Municipals finished mostly stronger on Thursday as retail investor confidence remained high for the 11th straight week. Taxable 'social' bonds for nonprofits are making their mark in the municipal space.

A Republican-led Senate and White House proposal that was circulating among lobbyists earlier this week indicated the major benefit for local governments would be new language providing greater flexibility for Coronavirus Relief Fund grants.

Initial jobless claims increased for the first time since March, causing some to worry about the economic recovery.

Market participants say issuer coronavirus disclosures have stagnated due to tax season and issuer fears of future legal ramifications.

The revenue forecast for Virginia’s new spending plan is expected to be revised due to economic impacts caused by the pandemic.

Cyberattacks are increasingly likely as more government employees work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, analysts said.

Hospitals margins could sink to unsustainable negative levels in the last half of the year, according to forecasts.

More will be clear once the state gets a full tally of receipts from the July 15 tax deadline, but a rocky road lies ahead in any case.

Even with more federal rescue aid, which is hardly a given, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority may have to resort to deficit borrowing.

Chuck Peck, head of public finance investment banking at Wells Fargo, discusses how COVID-19 has changed the municipal bond market. Aaron Weitzman hosts.