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Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, as the market prepares for an $8 billion new issue slate.

Municipal bonds closed out the week stronger ahead of a hefty new issue slate.

As the end of the year draws near, the municipal bond market will see lots of negotiated deals on next week’s new issue calendar.

Back from the holiday break, the muni market and its investors are ready and waiting for what should be a busy week, with big, well-known names coming to market with sizable issues.

As the municipal market prepares for a busy week with big-name issues coming to market, industry analysts are already looking to what 2019 might have in store.

After a week that offered under $1 billion of deals, the market will look ahead to almost $6 billion of supply.

Chicago Public Schools is selling more than $1 billion of GOs, capital improvement tax bonds, and notes.

Even as stocks turned higher on Wednesday, municipal bonds remained stronger before the Thanksgiving holiday.

The district chopped off more than two percentage points, thanks to new state aid and pension help

Municipals remained mixed as deals from Phoenix airport and Chicago issuers came to market.

Municipals were mostly stronger at mid-session as the last of the week’s big deals came to market.

The school district says fiscal gains allow it the option of going with a competitive sale on its short-term borrowing.

Municipals remained stronger as Montgomery County, Maryland, came to market with a triple-A-rated sale.

Montgomery County, Md., came to market on Wednesday with a triple-A-rated general obligation bond offering.

Weekly bond volume is forecast to fall to $5.9 billion from $10.3 billion in the prior week.

S&P Global Ratings cautioned Chicago's leaders about issuing pension obligation bonds and avoiding a backslide on budget progress.

Municipal bond supply plunges to under $6 billion next week after seeing over $10 billion of new issues priced this week.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday said he will not seek re-election next year.

Volume was off in eight of the region's 11 states in the wake of tax reform and the end of advance refundings.

Bond investors had mixed reactions to the city's announcement that it is exploring a pension bond deal.