Primary bond market

Municipal bond buyers saw some new offerings come to market on Tuesday, led by a Denver city and county deal.

As the dust settles on the SEC's 15c2-12 announcement, questions loom about how difficult it will be to implement.

Municipal bonds were firm and little changed on Tuesday as new issue supply started to price.

Trading was muted after last week’s bounty of bond sales, as the market looked ahead to this week’s larger deals, including a $920 million Illinois financing.

A typical quiet summer Monday unfolded, with trading activity muted as the market reflected on last week’s bountiful volume and looked ahead with anticipation to some this week’s larger deals, including the $920 million Illinois financing, muni traders said.

The final rules will focus on debt obligations on a similar level as bonds, an effort to respond to comments that the first proposal was too broad.

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.

Municipal bond volume is running 18.1% lower than last year’s historic level, in line with analyst expectations given the enormous impact the new tax legislation has had on the market.

Texas headlines the week's slate as it prepares for a mammoth note sale while Massachusetts prepares large short-term sales of its own.

The document details a $1.2 billion structural imbalance in the state budget labeled as “balanced” by Democrats and Republicans alike,