Primary bond market

Portfolio managers look likely to drive demand for this week’s new issue slate, which totals under $3 billion.

Munis showed strength as traders returned to work on Tuesday after the three-day holiday weekend.

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.'s restructured bonds started actively trading on Friday.

IHS Markit’s Ipreo forecasts weekly bond volume will hit $2.8 billion next week.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 4.06% from 4.09% the week before.

Florida, Newark, and Missouri Health priced bonds as the week's action wound down.

The municipal bond primary was winding down on Thursday as the last of the week’s deals were hitting the screens.

Tracy Palandjian, CEO of Social Finance, and Herve Duteil, Chief Sustainability Officer at BNP Paribas, join Chip Barnett of The Bond Buyer to talk about the new and growing field of social impact bonds and what it is about them that appeals to both issuers and investors.

Municipal CUSIP requests increased in January on a year-over-year basis as new deals swarmed into the market.

More new supply hit the screens led by general obligation deals from the District of Columbia and Delaware.

The primary market was active on Tuesday as deals from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and the state of Texas hit the screens.

The state of Texas competitively sold bonds while the DASNY deal was priced for retail investors.

The muni market firmed up on Monday, ahead of what should be another busy week.

The municipal market should see another active week, while the strong demand from last week should carry over and be provided with an extra boost.

The District of Columbia and two Texas issuers are coming to market with municipal bond deals that will warm the hearts of supply-starved investors.

A warm reception is likely for the new issue supply that will be coming into the market.

The District of Columbia will be headlining next week's new issue slate with a $940 million deal.

In the week ended Feb. 7, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 4.09% from 4.11% last week.

The market maintained a "pretty positive" tone Thursday as traders saw the week's last new issuance.

Municipal bonds were stronger on Thursday as activity in the primary was winding down for the week.