COVID-19

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board plans to request comment on its supervision rule within the next month.

Transportation and transit projects would be eligible uses of ARPA funds under the bill, which also extends the deadline to spend the funds.

If commuters continue to work from home more often than in the office, their normal spending patterns on things like coffee and lunch will shift and impact business districts, neighborhoods and ultimately tax revenues.

On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Howard Cure of Evercore Wealth Management and Andrew Rein of the Citizens Budget Commission share memories of that day, how New York managed the crisis and prospects today as the city looks to recover from the pandemic. Paul Burton hosts. (26 minutes)

John Ceffalio, Senior Municipal Research Analyst at CreditSights, talks with Chip Barnett about what to expect in the second half of the year. He discusses municipal bond market fundamentals, credit and climate disclosure. And he looks at the pandemic’s long-term risks for U.S. cities as the work-from-home culture becomes stronger and how higher education will cope with a new reality. (18 minutes)

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear talks with Chip Barnett about economic progress the Commonwealth has made this year and how the state-local government partnership strengthened during the pandemic. He describes the heartbreaking human cost of the virus, the deadly toll it took on residents and why the Delta variant is a continuing cause of concern. (14 minutes)

BlackRock and Wells Fargo are pushing their return-to-office plans back by a month into early October.

“Kentucky’s economy is on fire,” says Gov. Andy Beshear, after the state passed the $2.2 billion mark of total planned private-sector investment this year. But COVID's Delta lurks.

The rating agency also affirmed the ratings on 18 large airports and major airline hub facilities across the United States.

Market leaders present their viewpoints on the macroeconomic picture and prospects for the U.S. munis market.

New York City budget director Jacques Jiha says proactive moves such as building reserves helped the city weather COVID-19 fiscal challenges. Paul Burton and Chip Barnett host. (23 minutes)

The two issuers that defaulted suffered from pre-existing conditions, according to Moody's analysts.

"You now have a proven toolbox based on the data from the MSRB municipal trades,” says Brad Wendt of Charles River Associates.

Hawaii lawmakers made changes to the budget this week in response to a flurry of vetoes from Gov. David Ige.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the bank’s president, Neel Kashkari, said.

Toll roads suffered tremendously from dips in traffic associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

It could take the nation, heavily influenced by New York and California, 18 months to return to full employment, Fitch Ratings said.

Though Republicans and Democrats are far apart on the price tag, there is agreement on the need to invest in physical infrastructure and the need to pay for it.

With 20 million vaccines administered and reduced infection rates, Gavin Newsom said it's time to begin looking at fully reopening the economy.

Kansas City will follow up a GO sale from last month with $186 million of tax-exempt, taxable new money and refunding special obligation bonds Wednesday.