Primary bond market

Municipal bonds finished mostly stronger on Thursday as deals from issuers in Connecticut and New Jersey dominated action.

A continuing disclosure agreement debuted in documents for the state's advance refunding of Build America Bonds.

Municipal bonds were mostly stronger as action in the primary slowed.

The 8^th annual Municipal Finance Conference is slated to take place July 15-16 at the Brookings Institution in the nation’s capital.

Despite the many factors pulling against our market including slowing GDP and trade uncertainty, Christopher Mier, CFA of Loop Capital, remains optimistic on the municipal market. He see upgrades outpacing downgrades and is looking for stable returns in the state and local sectors. He even has hopes for improvements in Illinois post election and believes that P3s and OPEB bonds may see more activity. John Hallacy is host.

Kettering Health Network will sell $200 million of new money and refunding bonds.

Deals from Hawaii, Colorado,and Virginia hit the market Wednesday as munis turned mostly weaker.

York County, fresh off the Moody's upgrade, competitively prices the first of two general obligation bond issues Thursday.

Municipal bond buyers were treated to some new supply on Wednesday as deals from issuers in Hawaii, Colorado and Virginia came to market.

Municipal bonds lost early strength and finished mixed on Tuesday as traders returned to work after the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday.

Municipals were stronger Tuesday ahead of this week’s $5 billion new issue calendar.

A trader said lack of follow-through on long new issues continued to plague the market as the weekly calendar shrank to $5B of issuance.

The municipal bond market is prepping for around $5 billion of new issuance in the upcoming holiday-shortened week.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, climbed to 4.09% from 4.08% the week before.

Two lone deals priced on Thursday to close out new issuance for the week.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is interested in a similar structure for a pension obligation bond.

A few remaining municipal bond deals hit screens on Thursday to wind down the week's issuance.

Honolulu plans to price $250 million in GOs for the 20-mile-long elevated rail project.

The primary municipal market chugged along on Wednesday, as the two biggest deals of the week priced.

Capital finance director David Erdman says VRDO fraud lawsuits piqued his interest in Clarity's platform.