Public finance

The operators of the venue argue that COVID-19's economic impact makes a $400 million expansion all the more important.

Supply-starved investors flocked to the St. Louis-based private university's taxable deal, which was upsized to $450 million from $300 million.

The longtime muni banker and former Treasury official adds serious muscle to the Fed's municipal securities expertise.

The Unsecured Creditors Committee responded to the Oversight Board chairman's statements that the board may change central government bond restructuring terms.

"Like all businesses, we are operating in a period of uncertainty which may last several months," Virgin Trains/Brightline President Patrick Goddard said.

Benchmark yields fell another 50 to 60 basis points, dropping them more than 1.5% in just four days. Meanwhile, a $450 million taxable new-issue came to market and was eight times oversubscribed.

With outflows occurring, Eric Kazatsky, muni strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, maintains that muni appetite will vary directly with the credit hits that will be sustained in this environment. In some ways, he sees a return to pricing for the risk and the fundamentals. Taxable munis and ESG bonds will continue to gain in popularity. The future depends on the level of fiscal support in order to emerge from the crisis. John Hallacy hosts. Taped two weeks ago

Municipal benchmark yields were lowered by 60 to 80 basis points across the curve. Some trades pointed to nearly a 1% bump on short-term paper while state and local governments grapple with downgrades and revenue shortfalls.

The Citizens Budget Commission is calling for far larger cost cutting and predicts that New York City could see $20 billion of lost revenues over three fiscal years.

The rating agency, citing severe ridership drops from COVID-19, dropped its rating to A-minus from A. It assigns a negative outlook.

The short end in particular was rebounding after Fed announced it would include variable rate demand obligations and short-term paper to its balance sheets.

Disclosure in a series of pending and recently priced Midwest healthcare deals underscore the rapidly evolving impact of COVID-19.

The short-term funding for airports and transit agencies in stimulus bills won’t be a substitute for the stability of long term financing.

Despite rising 3% in 2019, DiNapoli expects bonuses to drop this year.

They asked for a combined $4.4 billion.

The mayor cited COVID-19 as a spending priority while cases in his city represent more than one-third of the nation's total.

Assured Guaranty and BAM, the two active muni bond insurers, released statements Monday saying they are prepared and able to manage impacts of COVID-19.

New York MTA and 10 other transit systems have cited the crippling effects of ridership drops due to COVID-19.

The funds will be in addition to the $160 million from the Emergency Reserve Fund that the board released March 12.

The Fed today added in variable rate demand notes to other short-term municipal debt to a list of assets eligible to be used as collateral by financial institutions, which contributed to some stability in the secondary market.