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Municipal bond volume is 2% ahead of last year, as volume sans advance refundings is starting to level out and normalize.
August 19
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Public facilities and electric power were the sectors with the biggest declines.
August 19
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Short-term notes rose 17.9% in the first half of 2019 based on low rates, high demand, flatter yield curve and a backlog of projects.
August 19
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The municipal bond insurance industry has seen an uptick in overall par amount insured and a steady industry saturation rate for the first half of 2019.
August 19
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Municipal bond issuers in the Northeast sold $44.9 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2019, down 7% compared to the first half of 2018.
August 16
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A state-by-state review of 2018 municipal bond issuance issuance in the Far West.
March 1 -
The region's 2018 new money bond sales were up 2% year-over-year, but refundings fell 57%.
February 28
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A state-by-state review of 2018 issuance in the Southeast.
February 28 -
The surge in gas deals couldn’t overcome the region’s sharp decline in refundings, which led to an overall 22.6% volume decline.
February 27
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A state-by-state review of 2018 municipal bond issuance issuance in the Midwest.
February 27 -
Refunding volume in the Midwest was down 57% in 2018, while new money deals rose just 1.8%, leaving the region down more than 28%.
February 26
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A state-by-state review of 2018 issuance in the Southwest.
February 26 -
The region's municipal bond industry insiders saw a silver lining in a 21% increase for new money volume.
February 25
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A state-by-state review of 2018 issuance in the Northeast.
February 25 -
Late-2017 tax legislation caused a ripple effect that led to sinking municipal issuance in 2018
February 25 -
Note issuance declined in 2018 as a result of tax reform, rate fears, and ongoing fiscal austerity sparked by state and local revenue growth.
February 25
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Municipal bond insurance may have finished 2018 down 18.1% from where it was the year before, but it outpaced the 23.5% volume dip the overall industry saw due to changes in tax legislation.
February 25
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Development was down 50.4%, healthcare was off by 42.7%, and electric power declined 40.1%. The slides compared with an overall decline of 23.5% in total issuance.
February 25
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Following a late-2017 rush to market of advance refundings and private-activity bonds in the run-up to the implementation of new tax legislation, supply in 2018 -- particularly refunding issuance -- suffered a steep decline.
February 25
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Issuers in the Northeast sold $95.5 billion of municipal bonds in 2018, off 21.3% from 2017 with an even more pronounced fourth-quarter drop.
February 22
