Muni Minute

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to sell roughly $1.25 billion in bonds and notes this week as debate simmers over its funding sources.

Illinois and Chicago will be this week's headliners as the state comes under new leadership while the city sells the biggest municipal bond deal of the week — a $551 million offering from the Sales Tax Securitization Corp.

The municipal market and its investors are awaiting the $7.8 billion of new issuance with open arms, as the year starts with a week that's bigger than the five-day average was in 2018.

The municipal bond market winds down the year by seeing only $1 billion of new issues slated to price this week. It’s a far cry from last December, which saw a mad rush to market ahead of the new tax laws.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority board intends to vote on its $16.7 billion operating budget as outyear deficits and other challenges hover.

The $1.8 billion Chicago O’Hare Airport deal tops a $9 billion new issue calendar that will slake the thirst of a supply deprived municipal bond market this week.

2018 hasn’t been the best or most active year but things are looking up after midterm elections, with what is expected to be a more pro-muni House. Volume this year is looking like it might be the lowest since 2011, but perhaps the new year will bring an infrastructure plan, where munis are expected to be a big component.

Almost $7.5 billion of municipal bonds head into the marketplace in this holiday-shortened week.

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The muni market will see volume rise in the last week of October as buyers will be treated with a billion deal from Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. and a $714 million offering from the Department of Los Angeles airports.

As the Puerto Rico Oversight Board gets ready to approve a five-year fiscal plan this week, it is setting up a power struggle between itself and Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and the commonwealth legislature.

With almost $11 billion of municipal bond volume heading their way, investors will be in the catbird seat as a wide array of issuers, credits and ratings come to market.

As municipal bond buyers see scant supply head their way this week, savvy investors will be keeping a watchful eye on rising yields.

With $7.5 billion of new supply on the way to hungry bond buyers, the focus is on the East Coast as issuers in New Jersey and New York take the lion’s share of attention this week.

The muni market will see a skinny slate of supply hit the screens this week as volume drops to just over $3 billion ahead of the FOMC meeting and the third quarter wrapup.

Institutional investors are looking forward to this week’s top-rated muni deal from the Texas Water Board, which is selling $1.6 billion of revenue bonds.

Municipal bond buyers will see a varied group of issuers come to market this week, led by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

A battle of the coasts brews this week as the New York City Transitional Finance Authority and the state of California will sell about $2.5 billion of muni bonds, a big chunk of the $3.6 billion holiday week calendar.

Massachusetts returns to the municipal bond market this week as it prepares to offer general obligation bonds ahead of the Labor Day holiday

The Lone Star state grabs the spotlight this week as Texas prepares to sell $7.2 billion of top-rated tax and revenue anticipation notes on Wednesday.