COVID-19

AASHTO elected only the second woman to serve as its president, and its first Black vice-president in its 106-year old history.

The Fed’s vice chair of supervision said the Fed's backstop lending to states and localities "may not be the answer to all their issues."

With the economy offering positive and negative signs, economists have differing views on the recovery.

Uncertainty has been the code word since March — about the length of the pandemic, about the election, and many other issues. The markets hate uncertainty.

Fed finds most areas improving, with different sectors showing greta variation in activity.

The pivotal issue of the November vote will be a divided government versus a united government, and its possible effect on policies that can drive the economy and markets.

Despite "robust" progress, it will take "some time" for the economy to return to pre-pandemic levels, according to Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida.

Although progress has been made, a full economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic won't come soon, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said.

Recovery will be more difficult because rates were low before the pandemic, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said.

Long Island county prepping $290 million offering while confronting a giant revenue shortfall.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the government shouldn't worry about "overdoing it."

The municipal market's volume registered its fourth consecutive month of greater-than-$40 billion and the largest on record total for the month of September.

Everyone agrees economic recovery is underway, with much debate as to its shape and how long it will take.

Although there was moderate growth of activity in the economy, continued volatility and uncertainty gives some cause for concern about the overall outlook.

Municipal bond volume kept rolling in August, producing the second-highest volume for the month in the past decade, marking the third consecutive month this year of greater-than $40 billion.

The pace of recovery will not only be fragmented, but will take a lot longer than originally thought, according to Raphael Bostic, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president.

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.

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.

The COVID-19 pandemic is helping the bond insurance industry grow, a report from Kroll says.