Bond volume

Municipal bond issuance reached $30 billion for the third straight month, as the market prepares for what is expected to be a slow summer.

New money deals helped issuance rise for the third straight month in May.

Monthly volume rose the highest in the year to date, as an increase in new-money deals partly offset a decline in refunding transactions.

Susan Courtney of PGIM Fixed Income navigates her muni team toward value in improving market.

Municipal bond volume picked up from February, prompting speculation that this year's drought in deals may soon ease.

With the deep cut in the corporate tax rate and rising interest rate, banks are rethinking their investments in municipal securities.

Declining volume and demand shifts won't stop the muni market from delivering positive returns in 2018, says Oppenheimer & Co.'s Jeffrey Lipton.

New money sales made up for a drop in refundings, pushing the region past $95 billion of volume.

The light month for long-term municipal bond volume is another ripple effect of the new tax law and the issuance rush leading up to its enactment.

Issuers across the Southeast sold $68.5 billion of bonds in 2017, a 5.8% year-over-year decrease.