Taylor Riggs

The tax-exempt market ended Monday’s trading session in what is becoming typical fashion, with unchanged yields during a light trading session.

The tax-exempt market continued to trade with steady yields Monday as the municipal bond market prepared itself for increased issuance expected to start pricing Tuesday.

The tax-exempt market opened Monday morning with a quiet, but slightly weaker tone as the government shutdown extended into its second week.

The tax-exempt market ended a lackluster week of light supply and limited trading on a quiet note with yields steady across the board.

The tax-exempt market was dominated in the past week by headlines concerning the government shutdown, the debt ceiling, Puerto Rico downgrades, and continued outflows from municipal bond funds, all creating a push-and-pull in the marketplace that left yields unchanged.

Proponents of the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds have come together to create a non-partisan political action committee, hoping to preserve the exemption and convey the importance of keeping it to the average taxpayer.

The tax-exempt market opened on a quiet note Friday, extending for another day a steady tone as the government shutdown and looming debt ceiling debate pushed traders to the sidelines.

The tax-exempt market ended firmer Wednesday following two trading sessions of steady to rising yields, as a stronger Treasury market and underwhelming new issue supply provided support for the market.

The tax-exempt market traded steady to slightly stronger Wednesday, moving in tandem with Treasuries.

The tax-exempt market opened slightly stronger Tuesday morning as traders said the municipal bond market reverted to basic supply and demand patterns.

The tax-exempt market opened the first trading session of the fourth quarter on a steady to weaker tone as dealers lightened inventory as the government shutdown started and the debt ceiling limit loomed.

With little new issuance in the primary, buyers looked to the secondary market Tuesday morning, buying bonds from a large bid list Vanguard put out early in the morning.

A government shutdown had little impact on the bond markets Tuesday morning as both municipal and Treasury yields were mostly unchanged.

The tax-exempt market finished September on a positive note, leaving yields almost 50 basis points lower for the month, for the first gain since April.

The tax-exempt market saw extremely light trading Monday afternoon after a recent rally in bond prices kept buyers hesitant about jumping back into the market at new low yields.

The municipal bond market is on track to post a gain in September its first after four months of losses.

The tax-exempt market ended a stronger week that saw demand for new issues and lower yields in the secondary market on a steady note Friday, as traders took a step back after 16 consecutive sessions of steady to lower yields.

The tax-exempt market posted its third consecutive week of gains as yields fell as much as nine basis points on municipal bonds.

Light issuance next week and considerable slowing in the pace of mutual fund outflows kept the municipal bond market steady Friday afternoon despite an already 50-basis-point drop on the 10-year yield this month.

The tax-exempt market opened the last trading session of the week on a quiet note with traders saying secondary activity was light.