Jessica Lerner is a senior markets reporter for Bond Buyer where she writes the daily market column, the monthly volume story and longer trend stories. Prior to this, she worked as a beat reporter at two Connecticut newspapers. She earned her master's in business and economics reporting from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and her bachelor's in journalism and statistics from the University of Connecticut.
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In total, municipal bond insurers wrapped $41.09 billion of debt in 2024, an increase from the $35.38 billion insured in 2023, according to LSEG data.
February 24 -
Market activity has been somewhat "subdued," and USTs yields have been "relatively well-behaved," though the 10- to 30-year rates have slightly underperformed, moving up three to five basis points, said Barclays strategist Mikhail Foux.
February 21 -
Investors added $546.3 million to municipal bond mutual funds in the week ending Wednesday, following $238.5 million of inflows the prior week, according to LSEG Lipper data.
February 20 -
The Investment Company Institute reported outflows of $336 million for the week ending Feb. 12, following $852 million of inflows the previous week.
February 19 -
"This week's rate volatility made muni trading challenging as Treasury rates have been moving up and down abruptly on the back of inflation releases and tariff news," said Barclays strategist Mikhail Foux.
February 14 -
Mitchell spent 20 years at J.P. Morgan before joining InspereX.
February 14 -
Investors added $238.5 million to municipal bond mutual funds in the week ending Wednesday, following $1.124 billion of inflows the prior week, according to LSEG Lipper data.
February 13 -
Inflation is front and center this week, with the consumer price index report released on Wednesday and the producer price index on Thursday.
February 12 -
Municipals were cut up to four basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose up to four basis points out long.
February 11 -
Munis continue to outpace USTs as ratios on the front end continue to richen relative to USTs, Jason Wong said.
February 10
