Chip Barnett

The municipal bond market saw an avalanche of new supply from a variety of issuers hit the screens on Wednesday as New Jersey sold $525 million of general obligation bonds in the competitive arena and two issuers from Texas came to market with almost $2 billion of debt in the negotiated sector.

The municipal bond market is awaiting Wednesday's slew of new primary market issuance, which is topped off by more than $1 billion of debt from an issuer in the Lone Star State.

The municipal bond market roared back to life on Tuesday with the pricing of several big deals heralding the beginning of the end for muni bond issuance in 2014.

The municipal bond market is shaking itself out of holiday mode as the primary gears up and sees some action with a big competitive sale on tap and two large issues priced for retail investors. High-quality municipal bond prices were weaker at midday.

The municipal bond market is awaiting the kickoff of this week's primary market activity, topped on Tuesday by the competitive sale of $1.3 billion New York State Urban Development Corp. in three separate issues.

The municipal bond market offers a nice variety of issues this week designed to appeal to those tax-exempt holiday shoppers looking for both quality and a good deal. The calendar consists of approximately $12.5 billion of new issue supply and traders expect the deals to be attractively priced.

The municipal bond market saw prices strengthen across the board as traders prepare for the week's new tax-exempt volume.

The municipal bond market's attention turns back to business as about $12.4 billion of new supply is scheduled for sale this week.

The municipal bond market looked ahead to next month's new wave of bond supply as November's activity faded away in the last few trading hours of the month.

Long-term municipal bond issuance rose for the fourth month in a row as volume increased 15.3% in November.

The municipal bond market saw the last of this month's issuance come to market on Tuesday, pretty much wrapping up this week's and this month's activity.

The weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, was unchanged at 4.40% in the week ending Nov. 25.

Municipal bond traders saw the last of this month’s issuance come to market on Tuesday with the biggest deal of the week pricing – the $265 million Illinois State Toll Highway Authority bonds.

Municipal bond traders saw the last of the week's issuance come to market on Tuesday as two big deals from Illinois were scheduled to be priced and a smaller issue from New Jersey was sold in a competitive offering.

The municipal bond market is keeping its focus on new issues as the last of the week's supply comes to market.

Traders were looking at a light and tight primary municipal bond market as less than $1 billion of deals are packed into a two-day pricing window in this holiday-shortened week .

Municipal bond yields were little changed on Monday at mid-session as the holiday-shortened week opened on a very quiet note as traders looked to at a light primary market calendar of under $1 billion.

The municipal bond market took a breather on Friday as the primary was devoid of any new issuance and the secondary saw yields remain unchanged, according to Municipal Market Data.

The municipal bond market took a breather on Friday as the primary market was devoid of any new issuance and the secondary saw yields remain unchanged, according to a recent read of Municipal Market Data's triple-A scale.

The municipal bond market was sleepy in early trading Friday as next week's holiday took most participants' attention.