Primary bond market

New York’s Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s West Side was able to cover its debt service obligations despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Municipals have mostly held steady as bid-wanteds have risen, but so have yields and ratios, making for a more satisfactory range for investors getting into the market at these new higher levels.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's finance team laid out plans to tap more than half of $9 billion of existing and proposed borrowing authority through 2022 to refinance debt for savings and fund infrastructure and pandemic recovery efforts.

With interest rates on the rise, and mom and pop retail expected to become more relevant, there may be an opportunity for issuers to save money in a part of the curve that has been ignored for too long.

Another round of inflows was reported from the Investment Company Institute — the 31st consecutive week — but they came in at $308 million for the week ending Oct. 6, the lowest since outflows in March.

Volatility in the U.S. Treasury market continues to pull on municipal bond valuations, despite little trading volume.

Municipals outperformed the move in taxables Friday but weakness hangs over the market as fund flows lessen and supply increases. Taxable munis may be keeping exempt rates from moving higher.

For 31 consecutive weeks investors put cash into municipal bond mutual funds but saw just $36.87 million of inflows in the latest reporting period while high-yield funds saw $460 million of outflows after $103 million of outflows a week prior.

ICI reported $704 million of inflows, a $1.1 billion drop from the week prior, bringing the total to $76 billion year to date.

The lion's share of the deal is taxable, with a $20 million tax-exempt new money series; proceeds from the taxables will refund outstanding debt.