Coronavirus

The comptroller called for passage of a federal rescue bill and measures to shore up the city budget.

We are desperately trying to establish the bottom at present to provide a modicum of confidence that investors may stop raising cash and would be more inclined to put the cash horde back to work in the market.

The city and state haven't put dollar amounts on what they need but both were already facing budget and pension stresses before the public health crisis struck.

The municipal bond market again sold off as much as a half percentage point across the curve.

The draft released Senate Republicans did not address emergency funding for state and local governments or publicly owned hospitals and airports.

Cost cutting is underway at central Florida's Orlando International Airport due to a steep decline in flights and passengers amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The Fed allowing use of munis as collateral in its MMLF program won't fix all the problems caused by COVID-19 and may add issues.

Some market professionals were quick to say that the step would not be sufficient to soften the blows hammering the wider muni market.

The SEC answered questions regarding COVID-19 disclosure in a webinar Thursday and said there would not be relief for issuers' late annual financial filings.

The central bank said its program to support money market mutual funds will also serve as a backstop for state and local governments.

The majority of the economic disruption will occur in fiscal 2020, but the revenue impacts will extend into the first half of fiscal 2021, says Moody's Analytics Dan White.

The authority, which tapped its $1 billion credit line and received a warning shot from Moody's, says COVID-19 is a disaster that requires a national response.

Lipper reported a whopping $12.2 billion of outflows from municipal bond funds. Out of that huge number, $5.3 billion were from high-yield funds. The $12 billion figure of outflows in one week equates to about 3% of annual municipal volume.

A coalition of healthcare industry organizations is asking for $100 billion in direct federal help, warning that the survival of some hospitals is at stake.

If the Federal government doesn't help, the $12 billion plan could be funded by the city selling "relief bonds."

A memo circulated Wednesday by House Financial Service Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., suggests that the next wave of federal legislation authorize the Fed to support state, territory, and local debt issuance in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Schools in 39 states had closed by Wednesday.

As the Federal Reserve continues trying to keep markets liquid as the stock market sinks, economic data are showing the effects of COVID-19.

BDA told Fed Chair Jerome Powell that two existing programs could help the muni market overcome the impact of the virus.

The U.S. central bank is weighing whether to expand the scope of its interventions in financial markets being battered by concerns over the coronavirus, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker said.