Muni Think

Lack of female representation is a systemic issue in the financial services industry, made worse by COVID-19. We should use these pandemic lessons to balance scales that have been tilted for much too long.

While no FOMC action on monetary policy is expected, markets are watching for how the Federal Reserve partners with the Biden administration and how it reacts to the 10-year Treasury yield rising from 0.52% on Aug. 4 to 1.15% on Jan. 14.

Following a thorough analysis of available EMMA filings, it is clear that PFA-financed projects account for less than 3% of the 700 plus total unique payment defaults posted to EMMA during the last three years.

Donald Trump's departure from the White House will do little to heal the rift between the right and left, but this is still the best chance muni advocates have had in many years.

A new period of social liberalization and economic excess could emerge by 2022, leading to inflation and a return to higher interest rates.

From the Centennials to the COVID generation, the municipal market's demographics will change dramatically in the next decade as will the way investors view investing in munis.

The president-elect takes a much more expansively realistic view on the synergistic relationship between infrastructure investment and the middle class.

While mass transit needs federal help, here's a call for the state, city and authority to go long and wide with new approaches.

Several factors have combined to position an innovative approach — the public-private partnership, or P3 model — as a crucial emerging tool for public entities nationwide.

State and local governments are going to need generous lines of credit to get through the next few months. Joe Biden has an opportunity to act by rethinking the Municipal Liquidity Facility at the Federal Reserve.