Primary bond market

Municipal bonds continued their rally on Wednesday, and pushed tax-free yields to their lowest levels ever.

Deals from Texas and Virginia led the slate of new issues that hit the market on Tuesday.

Southwest Airlines' decision to enter the Hawaii market helped spur a positive outlook from Moody's.

Issuers and buyers will both be watching the direction bond yields take this week.

Buoyed by strong investor demand, Philadelphia reported millions in savings from a $293.4 million general obligation bond sale.

Investors will get to choose from a variety of new municipal bond issues heading their way this week with deals ranging from the San Francisco Airport offering to Maryland's triple-A GO sale.

After effortlessly taking down $13.2 billion of bonds this past week, muni buyers will see another above-average issuance week with $7.6B.

The selection includes Acacia Financial Group and Frasca & Associates, each of which is certified as a women-owned business enterprise and Mohanty Gargiulo, a certified minority- and women-owned business enterprise.

The market picked up right where it left off on Wednesday — with unwavering demand from investors.

The airport will sell $1.2 billion of revenue bonds as it proceeds with more than $7 billion of capital improvements.

The bond market had no problems whatsoever digesting the primary and in the process saw yields drop down ever lower, getting ever closer to all-time lows.

The municipal bond market started to see supply come in, as a bunch of deals priced both on the negotiated and competitive sides. Today’s issuance was an appetizer for Wednesday, the main course that looks like it will be the busiest day of the year.

Municipal bond investors are eagerly awaiting the biggest supply week of the year, as strong technicals will continue for the foreseeable future.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's $1.3 billion issuance stands out in a busy week with $12.6 billion of issuance planned.

The wait is over. After seven months without seeing one week of double digit issuance, municipal bond investors will finally get a supply surge.

Municipal and Treasury markets rallied one day after the Fed cut interest rates by 25 basis points and after President Trump declared more tariffs on China — all of which caused the 10-year Treasury to dip below 1.90%.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's Matthew Gastall, executive director, and Monica Guerra, vice president, share their views on strong muni demand. They discuss taxable equivalent yields and some pickup in credit impairments. John Hallacy hosts.

The municipal market got what it expected, when the FOMC announced its decision to lower rates.

Coming off the biggest month of the year, volume dipped in July to the second slowest pace of 2019.

The municipal market saw a a flurry of deals come and go on the day before the Federal Reserve will presumably cut interest rates.