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The municipal bond market will see a slew of supply price this week as issuers and investors buffeted by uncertainty, volatility and outright panic. California is selling $2.2 billion of GO bonds, which investors will seek out as a safe haven in these unstable times.

Issuers tapping the market in uncertain times, but with certainty of low rates.

Investors to be greeted by largest issuance week of 2020 led by $5B Buckeye tobaccos.

A wide variety of muni bonds are being offered to buyers this week as issuers take advantage of high demand and low rates.

Investors will see less-common names, higher-quality new issues in $8.3B week.

After a 117% increase in taxable bond issuance in January, the trend continues.

The Massachusetts senator took aim at certain views expressed by Judy Shelton, a Trump administration pick to sit on the Federal Reserve Board, that have sparked controversy.

Taxable healthcare deals from NYU, and Escambia County, Fla., to price in market seeing yields fall amid virus fears.

The municipal bond market will see a several large hospital corporate CUSIP taxable deals priced this week. Partners HealthCare Mass General, Cottage Health and Hartford HealthCare top a $7 billion calendar. Just what the doctor ordered for supply-starved buyers.

The Windy City is looking to add even more savings to a $1.3 billion debt refinancing with a tender invitation for some of its older, higher-yielding bonds. “The tender is just gravy,” City CFO Jennie Huang Bennett said last week.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority tops the calendar in the first full week of 2020 with about $2.5 billion of bonds and notes.

To avoid a return of the economic downturn, the board may need to improve its program to promote economic growth. Part V of a five-part series.

Three Puerto Rico-based economists offer alternatives to the board's plans. Part IV of a five-part series.

A poverty level three times the national average leaves Puerto Rico especially vulnerable if service cuts and tax increases go too far. Part III of a five-part series.

Economists point to past successes and failures as Puerto Rico's Oversight Board focuses on conservative approaches. Part II of a five-part series.

The Oversight Board is following a belt-tightening strategy that some economists warn may squelch economic growth, putting bonds back into restructuring. Part I of a five-part series.

Issuance drops ahead of the holidays; taxables maintain their presence.

There's just no stopping the municipal momentum this holiday season. Happy shopping, investors.

Municipal bond buyers will see over $17 billion of new issues come to market this week, a high for the year. Transportation issues dominate the calendar.