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Municipal Bond Market Awaits New Supply
Municipal bond traders are preparing for this week s new issue calendar, which is estimated at $7.83 billion, consisting of $4.94 billion of negotiated deals and $2.89 billion of competitive sales. → Read More
NYC TFA Paces Nearly $8B Week
Municipal issuance is estimated at almost $8 billion, as some familiar faces from New York and California come to market with large deals. → Read More
Mega Deals from PANYNJ and O'Hare Highlight $8.7B Week
Municipal volume is forecast to surge to $8.74 billion in the coming week led by deals of roughly $2 billion apiece from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Chicago s O Hare International Airport. → Read More
Muni Traders Brace for Big Wave of New Supply
Municipal bond traders were braced for a large slate of bond issues coming to market on Wednesday, topped by four big competitive sales from Washington state totaling about $945 million. → Read More
Muni Market Awaits $6.2B of New Supply
Municipal bond market traders on Monday are turning their attention toward this week s $6.24 billion new issue slate, with the states of Connecticut and Washington leading the way → Read More
Muni Prices Up After FOMC Leaves Rates Unchanged
Prices of top-shelf municipal bonds finished decidedly stronger on Thursday, according to traders, after the Federal Reserve decided not to raise interest rates. → Read More
Muni Prices Close Out Short Holiday Week Little Changed
Prices of top-quality municipal bonds finished steady on Friday, according to traders, after about $2.29 billion of new deals came to market during the shortened holiday trading week. → Read More
Muni Prices Weaken; New Supply Hits the Market
Prices of top-quality municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, traders said, with yields on some maturities strengthening by as much as five basis points. → Read More
Munis Weaken; Calif. GOs Price; PRASA Deal Debated
Prices of top-quality municipal bonds finished weaker on Wednesday, traders said, with yields on some maturities strengthening by as much as six basis points on the long end. → Read More
Muni Prices End Mixed After Volatile Trading Day
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds were unchanged to stronger on Monday, traders said, with yields on some maturities as much as five basis points lower at the close. In early trading, yields had been down by as much as seven basis points. → Read More
Muni Prices Weaken as Detroit Comes to Market
Prices of top-shelf municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, traders said, as the city of Detroit returned to the market with its first post-bankruptcy bond sale. → Read More
Detroit Returns to the Land of Munis
Municipal bond market participants will look with interest as the city of Detroit returns to the market with its first post-bankruptcy bond sale on Wednesday. → Read More
Muni Market Awaits KDFA Deal as Treasuries Rise
The market is set for the pricing of the biggest deal of the week -- a $1 billion pension bond offering from the Kansas Development Finance Authority. → Read More
Muni Prices Strengthen Ahead of Next Week's $5B Calendar
Prices of top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, with yields on some maturities falling by as much as three basis points. → Read More
Muni Market Awaits More Volume
Municipal bond market traders will be awaiting the second wave of new supply on Wednesday, as large deals from New York, Florida and Hawaii and are slated to come to market. → Read More
Muni Market Looks to Next Week's Holiday-Lite Slate
After one of the busiest trading days in two weeks, the municipal bond market is now turning its gaze toward the upcoming holiday-shortened trading week, which will be highlighted by a Texas issuer. → Read More
Munis End Flat; Wayne County Notes Yield 6%
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds ended unchanged in secondary trading on Thursday, traders said, as Wayne County, Mich., sold $186.9 million of taxable notes in the primary. The county came to market with its limited tax general obligation notes after the deal was postponed last week. Bank of America Merrill Lynch priced the taxables as 5 3/4s to yield 6% on Dec. 1, 2017. → Read More
Muni Prices Fall; Mass., Seattle Deals Come to Market
Prices of top-shelf municipal bonds were lower at mid-session, as several big deals came to market in the negotiated and competitive sectors led by the $937 million general obligation bond sale from the state of Massachusetts. → Read More
Muni Yields Rise as Chicago, DASNY, Md. Price
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds were lower at mid-session, traders said, as yields rose for the third straight trading session. → Read More
Muni Prices End Weaker as More Supply Hits the Market
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Wednesday, traders said, as another big wave of new issue supply hit the primary. Muni → Read More