Primary bond market

Chicago Public Schools has GO, revenue, and refunding bond deals in the works.

Lakeport officials plan to equip city facilities with solar panels.

Municipal bond buyers were seeing the first of the week’s deals come to market as two big competitive issues sold.

While munis turned in a mostly solid performance on Monday, a Charles Schwab & Co. report said they are less likely to outperform Treasurys in the second half.

Munis were firm at mid-session as traders get set to see some much-anticipated supply hit the screens this week.

Gov. Paul LePage and state lawmakers are at odds about how to fund a voter-approved Medicaid expansion that was supposed to take effect on July 2.

Municipal bond activity returns to a near-normal level as a slew of deals heads into the market, led by New York and California issuers.

American Municipal Power is planning a $97 million tax-exempt project revenue bond sale.

Ipreo estimates weekly bond volume at $6.6 billion, consisting of $5.5 billion of negotiated deals and $1.2 billion of competitive sales.

In the week ended July 5, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index dipped to 3.97% from 3.98% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

Municipals remained stronger into the close on Thursday as the minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting were released.

CDFA said it is surveying local, state and multi-jurisdictional issuers about private activity bond fees in conduit transactions.

A sluggish and somewhat skittish tone kicked off the post-July 4th trading on Thursday.

Muni finished stronger Tuesday in an abbreviated trading session. Markets are closed Wednesday and trading will resume on Thursday.

Municipals were stronger as bond market participants were winding up their activity ahead of the early close.

Three rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court this term will have a lasting impact on the finances of many municipal bond issuers, Fiera Capital says.

Some Puerto Rico issues were trading lower on Monday after a federal watchdog approved a revised budget for the commonwealth over the weekend.

The municipal market will see only $74 million of deals in a holiday-shortened week, raising demand for supply the week after.

Municipal bond issuance reached $30 billion for the third straight month, as the market prepares for what is expected to be a slow summer.

Ipreo estimates weekly bond volume at $73.8 million, consisting only of competitive sales and no negotiated deals.