Markets

The municipal bond market focused on the burgeoning new issue calendar as participants waited for a U.S. Senate vote on tax reform, which may come before the end of this week.

The remodeling of the 22-year-old airport will add gates and update its security infrastructure.

The Long Island Power Authority received a rating reward for debt restructuring that includes several securitization deals.

The holiday shopping season begins in earnest this week as municipal bond issuers offer buyers a slew of new tax-exempt deals as they rush to beat possible changes to the tax code for 2018.

The municipal bond market this week will keep an eye on the building new issue calendar as traders wait for the U.S. Senate to vote on a tax reform proposal which could come as early as Thursday.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “continued to expand in November.”

The pace of new single-family home sales increased by 6.2%, to the highest level since October 2007.

The rush to market is set to begin as the municipal bond market will see a hefty new issue slate for the upcoming week at a time of year when it is usually rather sleepy.

The Badger state is joining the list of issuers moving up refunding deals that are under threat from tax reform.

The rush to market ahead of tax reform is set to begin, as a $11.743 billion new issue slate looms for the upcoming week.