Coronavirus

The Volunteer State reported a nearly 16% decline in revenues in April, much of which was due to stay-at-home orders and delayed tax filings.

The National League of Cities estimates only $8.8 billion of the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund had gone to municipalities and counties under 500,000 population as of June 10.

Municipalities have been counting on another round of stimulus from the federal government.

The bond-funded New Jersey megamall has never fully opened and there's no timetable for reopening following the coronavirus-induced shutdown.

Asset managers maintain key strategies, but take advantage of post-pandemic opportunities amid overall stabilization.

Oregon's $320.4 million of taxable GO bonds were 7.7 times oversubscribed in some maturities.

Lynn Martin, president & COO of ICE Data Services, also owner of the New York Stock Exchange, talks about ICE's role in pricing, its municipal evaluation services and just how the municipal market itself is resilient. Chip Barnett, senior markets reporter hosts with another Lynn(e), innovation editor at The Bond Buyer.

Recovery seen next year, but rates stay low.

S&P cut its outlook on Berwyn, Illinois, GO and securitization bonds to negative over risks posed by the pandemic-induced economic shutdown and recession.

Spoiler alert: Not much. What makes a May Friday a relative oddity is that it was just the first time in 2020 the 30-year UST ended the day unchanged, the second longest span of continuous yield activity since the U.S. government began benchmarking maturities in the late 1970s.