Primary bond market

The week’s new issuance got off to a slow start on Tuesday, but the Street is flush with cash and ready to pounce as the bigger deals price on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission takes bids Wednesday on its first new money deal in nine years.

In observance of Veterans Day, the bond markets were closed on Monday.

The changes will slim down underwriters' disclosures to issuers, which many believed had become too lengthy and wordy to be useful.

Taxables remain in focus this week with deals out of Texas and Wisconsin. California comes with $682M of exempts competitively.

S&P Global Ratings elevated Nevada's rating to AA-plus, two days after a Moody's upgrade.

A day after a big correction, the White House sent mixed signals on Friday setting up a possible flight-to-quality for munis next week.

A powerful equity market whacked Treasuries and munis followed suit and as much as a 7 bp correction ensued.

Kenneth Potts, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Fiera Capital, checks in on the state of the municipal bond market. He talks about the effect of the SALT deduction on high-tax states and supply and demand factors in this podcast recorded in September. Chip Barnett hosts.

Illinois’ competitive $750 million general obligation issue proved an easy sell with tight cover bids.

Investors downed a deluge of munis in what so far is living up to the billing of the busiest week of the year.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded $1.2 billion of general obligation bonds to Aa1 from Aa2.

Municipals weakened along with Treasuries as stocks surged amid good earnings reports and economic data.

All but a $60 million tax-exempt new money piece of UTA's $511.5 million revenue bond deal is taxable.

Ahead of the deal, Moody's revised its outlook on the hospital system's Aa3 rating to positive from stable.

Market attention turns to the taxable sector as some the week’s biggest deals are set to hit the screens.

The deal is made up of $741 million in general airport revenue bonds and $313 million backed by customer facilities charges on car rentals.

Taxables in full force once again; yield seekers have Illinois.

The nonprofit electricity wholesaler is refunding bonds issued in 2009 and 2015 that are tied to the Prairie State Energy Campus.

After seeing a whopping $52 billion of new issuance in October, the new paper will continue to flood the market during the busiest week of the year.