Markets

California's I-Bank will be the conduit on the second set of bonds to finance construction of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

The municipal bond market started off the week adopting a cautious tone, eyeing issuance and world events.

The challenge this year will be biggest in the three states that were found by the Council of Development Finance Agencies to be closest to using their 2018 limits — California, New York and Massachusetts.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority tops the calendar in the first full week of 2020 with about $2.5 billion of bonds and notes.

While the impending signing of a phase one trade deal with China should help the manufacturing sector rebound, Boeing’s decision to halt manufacturing of its 737 MAX will be a short-term negative for the ISM index.

Municipal bond buyers have plenty of cash in hand and will have various options as to where to put that money to work.

The New Jersey city received a Moody's Investors Service upgrade to Ba3 from B2 as it enters year four of a five-year state takeover period.

After what one analyst called the muni market's "most eventful" decade, investors are expected to be greeted by continued heavy volume in 2020.

Analysts expect Tuesday's $325 million competitive pricing will garner strong demand from investors seeking higher yields.

The Lincoln-Way high school district won a Moody's upgrade to Baa2 ahead of a $23 million refinancing deal.