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Municipal bond issuance was $67.88 billion after the first two months of 2020 and was on pace to easily eclipse the $400 billion mark — then COVID-19 completely turned the market upside down.March 31
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Taxable bonds and COVID-19 are two of the main catalysts that helped February municipal bond volume ascend to its highest level since at least 1986.February 28
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Issuers in the Far West sold $85 billion of municipal bonds in 2019, a 23% increase from 2018.February 27
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Refundings and taxable deals were also up substantially, driving the region to $75 billion of municipal bond volume, up 32.6% from 2018.February 26
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Taxable refundings caught on in the Midwest as they did elsewhere in the nation, helping the region post a 19% volume gain.February 25
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Issuers in the region sold $78.2 billion of bonds in 2019, a 24% year-over-year gain driven by growth in Texas and Colorado.February 24
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For the third time in four years, long-term municipal bond volume has surpassed the $400 billion mark — this time thanks to a second half surge in taxable issuance that took the market by storm.February 24
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While these were the percentage growth leaders, education and transportation had the biggest dollar growth.February 24
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The region's bond issuers sold $113.3 billion of debt in 2019, a 16.8% increase from 2018 fueled largely by a spike in taxable deals.February 21
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Thanks to the taxable tear, the municipal market saw the third highest volume for the month of January in the past 10 years.January 31
