Puerto Rico

Municipal bonds held firm on Monday ahead of the week’s two biggest deals on opposite ends of the credit spectrum.

Municipals were mostly stronger at mid-session, as the market waits for the start of the week’s moderately sized new issue calendar.

Municipal bond buyers are looking with anticipation at the week’s calendar and the arrival of a big California tobacco bond deal.

The April-approved fiscal plan had said just 39% of senior and senior subordinate bond debt would be paid in the next fiscal year.

Major Puerto Rico bondholders are balking at a tentative agreement that would steer to owners of sales-tax-backed debt a large chunk of the revenue they’ve been pledged, threatening to prolong a fight over one of the biggest issues in the island’s record-setting bankruptcy.

A brief period of peace between the Oversight Board and the governor may soon end.

Muni bond buyers were wary ahead of this week’s smaller-than-average new issue calendar as Federal Reserve policy makers gathered.

Municipal bonds were mixed ahead of this week’s smaller-than-average new issue calendar and the FOMC meeting.

The proposed settlement may determine how much money is available for the biggest class of bondholders in Puerto Rico's municipal bankruptcy.

Munis will see more than $5 billion of new supply, with the Federal Open Market Committee set to meet next week and raise interest rates again.