Author Archives: Christine Sgarlata Chung

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Municipal Securities Market During the Spring of 2020

By | September 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated global economic shutdown roiled financial markets around the world during the spring of 2020. The usually placid municipal securities market was not immune from this disruption. Initially, investors flocked to municipal securities to de-risk portfolios in response to the growing pandemic, pushing prices higher and bond yields to record lows.… Read More »

Climate Change, Infrastructure, and Municipal Finance

By | August 3, 2020

This post is the latest in our special issue: “Climate Change and Financial Markets – Risk, Regulation, and Innovation.” To learn more about the special issue and the work of the Global Financial Markets Center around climate change and financial markets, please read the special issue’s introduction here. And to review all The FinReg Blog… Read More »