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Elected officials in New York signed laws, enacted orders and proposed policies designed to help veterans.

In observance of Veterans Day, the bond markets were closed on Monday.

A day after a big correction, the White House sent mixed signals on Friday setting up a possible flight-to-quality for munis next week.

A powerful equity market whacked Treasuries and munis followed suit and as much as a 7 bp correction ensued.

Investors downed a deluge of munis in what so far is living up to the billing of the busiest week of the year.

Municipals weakened along with Treasuries as stocks surged amid good earnings reports and economic data.

Market attention turns to the taxable sector as some the week’s biggest deals are set to hit the screens.

After seeing a whopping $52 billion of new issuance in October, the new paper will continue to flood the market during the busiest week of the year.

With another fed funds rate cut in the books, munis saw a big drop in yields to close out the week and the month.

The volume boom accelerated in October, with taxables accounting for about a quarter of the supply.

Trade and geopolitical disruption will likely consume much of the policy narrative the rest of this week.

Municipal Market Analytics warned that climate change may pose the biggest threat to municipal bond credits over the next decade.

Andrew Rein president of the watchdog Citizens Budget Commission, tells The Bond Buyer's Paul Burton why New York City voters on Nov. 5 should vote yes on ballot Question 4, which calls for a dedicated rainy-day fund. The state must also approve the change.

Tuesday saw bond sales come and go, the day before the Fed is expected to cut interest rates.

The deal led a rare burst of issuance for a Monday, with the start of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting set for Tuesday.

This Halloween week will see a multitude of municipal bond deals come to market.

With interest rates likely to fall lower after Fed policy makers meet, already favorable market conditions for municipal issuers will get even better.

Wall Street had its most profitable first half in a decade; the second half remains uncertain.

Critics fear the contracting provision is so draconian it could backfire on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $51.5 billion program.

The issuance keeps pouring into the municipal market as muni fundamentals and interest rates drive demand.