Taylor Riggs

The tax-exempt market ended on a firm tone Friday for its third consecutive session after cheapening earlier in the week.

The tax-exempt market ended on a firm tone Friday for its third consecutive session after weakening earlier in the week.

Traders in the tax-exempt market took off for the weekend early as trading halted by Friday afternoon.

The tax-exempt market was firmer Friday for the third straight session after weakening earlier in the week. After the market digested supply, munis followed Treasuries higher.

The tax-exempt market ended firmer Thursday for the second session after struggling at the beginning of the week.

NEW YORK – The tax-exempt market ended firmer Thursday for the second session after struggling at the beginning of the week.

The tax-exempt market handled very well what could turn out to be one of the year’s largest weeks of new issuance.

Most of the deals scheduled for pricing in the primary market this week had been marketed by Thursday morning, forcing attention to turn to the secondary market. After steady to weaker munis on Monday and Tuesday, the market started to firm on Wednesday and looked to continue that trend Thursday.

After a period of weakening, the tax-exempt market proved it was able to digest the large amount of supply as munis strengthened Wednesday and prices in the new-issue market were bumped.

NEW YORK – After a period of weakening, the tax-exempt market proved it was able to digest the large amount of supply as munis strengthened Wednesday and prices in the new-issue market were bumped.

The tax-exempt market has proven it can handle what could turn out to be one the year’s largest weeks of new issuance. Traders noted plenty of demand for the huge amount of supply this week and buyers are eating up bonds.

The tax-exempt market continued to remain busy in both the primary and secondary markets as traders dealt with the year-to-date’s largest week of new issuance.

The primary market stole the show again Tuesday as the week’s largest tax-exempt deals were priced.

NEW YORK – The primary market stole the show again Tuesday as the week’s largest tax-exempt deals were priced.

The tax-exempt market continued to weaken Tuesday afternoon although traders noted secondary activity picked up steam from Monday.

The tax-exempt market weakened, following Treasuries, ahead of another busy day of new issuance.

The tax-exempt market turned its attention to new deals as pricing on the year’s largest week of new issuance kicked off Monday.

NEW YORK – The tax-exempt market turned its attention to new deals as pricing on the year’s largest week of new issuance kicked off Monday.

Traders in the tax-exempt market were sifting through several retail order periods Monday as the primary market took center stage.

The tax-exempt market was quiet Monday morning as traders waited for the largest deal of the week to be priced for retail: $2.72 billion from the Michigan Finance Authority.