Markets

After a busy week filled with many new deals, the municipal bond market is looking ahead to the Thanksgiving week’s calendar, which is headlined by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion green bond offering.

The pace of housing starts rebounded by 13.7% to a 1.290 million seasonally adjusted annual rate in October, well ahead of expectations for a 1.190 million pace.

The junk-rated school district pared down spreads after bolstering its balance sheet.

In the week ended Nov. 16, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 3.93% from 3.92% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

The Chicago Board of Education lowered borrowing costs as it returned to the market on Thursday, selling $1.03 billion of general obligation bonds.

The Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority's direct rating link to the state government was costly.

The Chicago Board of Education made a second run at the primary market on Thursday as it returned to offer $1.03 billion of general obligation bonds to muni buyers.

Declining funding for Colorado's retirement accounts led S&P global ratings to revise the state's outlook to negative.

The Chicago Board of Education makes a second run at the primary market on Thursday as it returns to offer $857 million of general obligation bonds to muni buyers.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes increased.