Municipal bond funds

Municipal bond buyers were seeing the last of the week’s big sales come to market as munis were stronger in quiet secondary activity on Thursday.

Municipal bonds were stronger on Tuesday as California’s $1.7 billion tobacco bond deal received $15 billion in orders.

Municipal bond buyers are looking with anticipation at the week’s calendar and the arrival of a big California tobacco bond deal.

Ipreo estimates weekly municipal volume at $7 billion, up from a revised total of $6.76 billion this week.

Municipal bonds were mixed on Thursday as a New York issuer competitively sold $1.6 billion of notes.

Municipals qwere mixed a day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates while in the primary, a New York issuer competitively sold $1.6 billion of notes.

Municipal bond buyers will see a smaller-than-average new issue calendar as issuers remain cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting

The latest Federal Reserve data shows the first decline in bank holdings of municipal securities in nearly a decade, a result of tax reform, according to experts.

May was the third straight month of growth in the municipal CUSIP category, driven by pent-up demand.

Municipal bonds continued to show weakness at midday as the last of the week's larger deals were selling.

Munis turned mostly weaker on Friday as the market prepared for a fourfold jump in issuance after a holiday shortened week.

Municipal bonds were mostly weaker Friday after a strong employment report and ahead of next week’s almost $10 billion new issue slate.

The holiday-shortened week with the usual accompanying low issuance shouldn’t overwhelm demand, putting the municipal market in a good spot at midyear.

Municipal bonds were stronger ahead of Friday’s early close as the market will be greeted with $3.4 billion of new issue supply next week.

Municipal bonds were mostly stronger in late trading on Thursday as market activity slowed ahead of Friday’s shortened trading session.

Municipal volume will sink to $6.36 billion, with the California issuer responsible for a third of the week’s paper.

Municipal bond volume slips back down to a more average level next week, after the market saw the biggest slate of the year hit the screens this week.

The Chicago Board of Education more than doubled the size of its general obligation deal to take advantage of demand.

The majority of the week’s big deals have priced over the past few days and are now receiving much attention from retail buyers.

The municipal bond market is gearing up for the biggest volume week of the year, with issuers estimated to bring just under $10 billion of new paper.