Primary bond market

The deal’s underwriter cited "market conditions," confirming Chicago’s deal was placed on day-to-day status.

The busiest day of the week, and a good test for the market, lies ahead.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded LAX ahead of the deal, bringing the subordinate bonds to the AA-minus level across the board.

The defense team accused the SEC of a "gross abuse of power."

The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency priced a $79 million refunding sale of Series 2018C taxable housing bonds.

The muni market starting saw a steady stream of issuance of Tuesday, preceding a big wave of deals that are expected on Wednesday.

The backloaded maturity schedule of the debt brings comparisons to the city's supposedly abandoned "scoop-and-toss" practices.

Nineteen deals on the schedule are $100 million or larger, including the $1.3 billion Chicago securitization transaction.

The first meeting for several new board members included discussions with other regulators and groups, the MSRB said Monday.

The municipal bond market is gearing up for what should be a busy week, with a bunch of good sized deals and one mega deal.

The muni market will see volume rise in the last week of October as buyers will be treated with a billion deal from Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. and a $714 million offering from the Department of Los Angeles airports.

Municipal bond volume is set to rise in the last week of October.

The number of MSRB-registered dealers has fallen by almost one-third since 2009 and FINRA and the MSRB have some concerns about it.

The district chopped off more than two percentage points, thanks to new state aid and pension help

Municipal bond supply takes a leap forward next week as Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp.’s $1.31 billion deal headlines the new issue calendar.

In the week ended October 25, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index fell to 4.25% from 4.28% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

The $240 million deal will also contain a mix of bonds subject to the alternative minimum tax with non-AMT bonds.

Municipals remained mixed as deals from Phoenix airport and Chicago issuers came to market.

The pre-trade information available on alternative trading systems to broker-dealer participants would likely benefit all municipal securities investors if made more publicly available, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s chief economist said in releasing a report Thursday that is to be presented to a market structure advisory group next week.

Municipals were mostly stronger at mid-session as the last of the week’s big deals came to market.