Schools in 39 states had closed by Wednesday.
GLWA has the flexibility to come to market as early as this week, but is monitoring the market in light of the COVID-19 impact.
With each passing day, fears surrounding COVID-19 elevate as the equity sell-off pressed on. The biggest winners have and will continue to be muni issuers, as they are selling into a record low rate market.
Taxable bonds and COVID-19 are two of the main catalysts that helped February municipal bond volume ascend to its highest level since at least 1986.
Municipal market technicals were already driving performance and so the strong quality bid has deepened the rally across the curve as the asset class really didn’t need to grab the U.S. Treasuries coattails all that tightly.