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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
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A state-by-state review of first half 2018 issuance in the Far West.
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Issuance was down 27% in the region from the first half of 2017, and almost 30% in California, its largest market.
August 23
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A state-by-state review of first half 2018 issuance in the Southeast.
August 23 -
The region's volume numbers were supported by favorable market conditions that drove several large gas prepay deals.
August 22
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A state-by-state review of first half 2018 issuance in the Midwest.
August 22 -
Volume was off in eight of the region's 11 states in the wake of tax reform and the end of advance refundings.
August 21
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A state-by-state review of first half 2018 issuance in the Southwest.
August 21 -
Bond volume in the region fell sharply in the first half of 2018, though one expert saw the 16% drop as better than anticipated.
August 20
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A state-by-state review of first half 2018 issuance in the Northeast.
August 20 -
2018 first-half volume drops after tax reform.
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