Muni Minute

The municipal bond market will see more supply hit the screens this week as buyers await much needed issuance and sellers hope for improved liquidity.

Hard on the heels of last week's successful California sale, the municipal bond market will see some much needed supply head its way this week.

The municipal bond market is taking it slow when it comes to new issuance as buyers and sellers move cautiously in the shadows of COVID-19.

The coronavirus has ravaged nerves worldwide and spread its gloom into the financial sector. The U.S. municipal bond market is slipping into park from neutral as most issuers and underwriters await a better day.

Actions by the Fed and the passage of the CARES Act have served to calm the markets to a large degree during the recent choppiness. These actions will ease the way for some deals to come to market this week.

The municipal bond market is facing a new reality as yields rise, issuance slows and investors remaining skittish about the future.

Muni market players may have to rely on more than their basic instincts as the economy heads into stormy weather.

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.

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.

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.