City of Houston, TX

Breakneck action continued in the primary market as issuers flooded the market ahead of the tax reform vote, in order to get deals closed before the end of the year.

Houston alerted investors to a last-minute lawsuit questioning the legality of the election process as the city priced $1 billion of voter-approved bonds.

The action continued on Tuesday in the primary market as issuers flooded the market ahead of the tax reform vote, in order to get deals done and closed before the end of the year.

The week got off to a fast start on Monday and will pick up right where it left off on Tuesday, as issuers are doing what they can to get deals done and in the books before yearend. Tuesday is expected to be one of the last busiest primary days of the year.

As the exact language of the final tax legislation looms, municipal market participants eager wait to see how it pertains to private activity bonds, there will be $11 billion of issuance awaits as issuers make one final push.

After a busy week, the muni market is preparing for one of the biggest weeks in history, with an estimated $17.4 billion deals.

After a busy week, and some clarity on tax reform, market participants are gearing up for the biggest volume week in some time, as issuers are getting advance refundings in while they still can.

Traders saw "a major flip in psychology of the market" as moves to bar private activity bonds and advance refundings met some resistance.

Billions of dollars of new paper hit on the market on Thursday, as yields began moving down for the first time this week.

This busy week will end with a bang, as four of the five largest deals are set to price on Thursday.

The Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority and the state of Wisconsin are coming to market on Tuesday as municipal bond traders eye tax reform developments in Washington.

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 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.

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

Houston hits the market with more certainty about its pensions but less about the tax-exempt market.

Houston's outlook from Moody's Investors Service was boosted to stable from negative.

With a record $12 billion of bond proposals on ballots across Texas, voters approved more than 91%, according to the Texas Comptroller's Office

Voters in Houston approved the measure by a more than three-to-one margin.

The statewide total exceeds the previous record of $9.1 billion in November 2015.