Hospital Muni-Bond Issuance on Track for Slowest Year Since 2014.

Taxable health-care issuance, on the other hand, is roughly on track for an average year, likely because many hospital systems are refinancing tax-exempt debt with longer calls and terming out lines of credit tapped during the early stages of the pandemic, Ciavarelli said. Keywords: ALLTOP; BON; BUSINESS; COS; GOV; HEA; INDUSTRIES; MARKETS; NORTHAM; TOP; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM EN ALLTOP BON BUSINESS COS GOV HEA INDUSTRIES MARKETS NORTHAM TOP US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM QZW0N7T0G1KZ (Bloomberg) -- U.S. hospitals are pulling back on issuing municipal debt in the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, following a wave of federal aid that softened borrowing needs and uncertainty that has clouded capital spending plans. ALLTOP, BON, BUSINESS, COS, GOV, HEA, INDUSTRIES, MARKETS, NORTHAM, TOP, US, WORLD, WWTOP, WWTOPAM. [Extracted from the article]

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