Primary bond market

The government shutdown limits the SEC's ability to answer issuers' questions on continuing disclosure requirements that take effect Feb. 27.

Peter DeGroot of JPMorgan takes a deep dive into what's in store for the municipal market in 2019. He's forecasting $375 billion of supply as SMAs take on a greater role in the market. He looks at primary versus secondary pricing and revenue bonds versus GOs. John Hallacy is host.

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority was able to increase the size of its deal by half.

Transportation deals from New Jersey and Florida along with sales from Trinity Health and Indiana drew market attention Wednesday.

Proceeds from the bulk of the bond sales will be used to reimburse the hospital for various capital projects.

San Francisco International Airport's bond sale helps fund $7.4 billion capital program.

Strategists sang the praises of munis Tuesday as New York and Massachusetts led a pack of new issues into the market.

S&P Global Ratings cut Coralville to speculative grade citing the added debt burden and financing risks.

The state will issue revenue bonds backed by tax and fee revenues collected from casinos in the state.

Investors, bond lawyers, and other market participants are grappling with how to approach the issue of climate change.

New York and Massachusetts issuers lead the day's big deals as new supply surged into the market.

Municipal bonds started off the week stronger ahead of $7.8 billion of new supply.

The bonds are secured by the power sales contract between American Municipal Power and 22 participants.

Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session ahead of this week’s chunky new issue supply slate.

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 holidays are over and the muni bond market gets set to go back to work.

So-called prearranged trading has the potential to do harm to the muni market and land broker-dealer firms in trouble, according to new MSRB draft guidance.

Municipals were slightly weaker Friday in sympathy with Treasuries following a robust jobs report.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, was down to 4.07% from 4.09% the week before.

Investor worries about volatility in the stock market helped keep alive the muni rally on Thursday.