Primary bond market

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has $875 million of tax-exempt refunding deals coming up and a $`1.1 billion taxable refunding in the wings.

Municipal bonds finished mostly steady on Friday ahead of a $7.2 billion holiday week new issue calendar.

Proceeds will finance and refinance projects based on the benefits of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education, officials say.

As some states see new coronavirus lockdowns, municipals maintain stalwart position.

Cooper Howard, director of fixed income strategy at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, talks about the bifurcation in the market and what investors should look at during the rest of the year.

Municipal bond funds and ETFs saw combined inflows of $2.942 billion in the week ended June 17, ICI said.

The state's flagship university returns to the market after S&P Global Ratings improved its rating outlook and Moody's Investors Service lowered it.

The city's utility enterprise received rating boosts ahead of a $318 million revenue bond deal that will price after this week's general obligation deal.

Municipals finished little changed on Tuesday in light trading activity with the summer seeming to settle in.

Bond analyst Joseph Krist examines the types of debt most vulnerable to the coronavirus hit. He also discusses the Federal Reserve's Municipal Lending Facility. Recorded June 10. Paul Burton hosts.

Despite this week’s smaller calendar, the recent surge of bond deals could make June the most active month of 2020.

Municipal bonds finished a very active week little changed as participants caught their breath after seeing almost $12 billion of new issues come to market.

Besides navigating coronavirus market disruption, investors also find themselves dealing with the increasingly important and often inconsistent climate risk disclosure.

Refinitiv Lipper reported $1.7 billion of municipal bond fund inflows. while municipal prices were little changed Thursday.

Matt Boardman, head of fixed income for RBC Wealth Management, talks with Chip Barnett, about how the municipal bond market has changed over the past few months in light of the coronavirus pandemic. He talks about how the economic effects due to COVID-19 caused a "sudden and violent" dislocation in munis for over two months and how we’ve now returned to being a more rational and reasonable market and remains vibrant and strong.

The day's big new-issue slate was led by the pricing of the New York State Urban Development Corp.'s $1.3 billion deal.

Its $400 million GOs attracted investors, resulting in a record low interest cost of 2.31%, according to state Treasurer Shawn Wooden.

Municipals finished weaker on Tuesday amid Treasury weakness and equity strength.

The $779 million refunding will capture present value savings while pushing off some debt repayments for budget relief that Fitch called "reasonable."

With almost half of June being done and dusted, yield movement is nearly unchanged from May’s closing levels, sources said.