Primary bond market

Low interest rates were curbing retail municipal bond buyers' enthusiasm for supply.

As equity and Treasury markets remained volatile, muni traders helped buyers looking for a safe haven.

Academy Securities hired Brian Stuebe as a salesperson in its municipal securities group as the firm completes its first senior managed bond deal.

Proceeds from New York City’s upcoming sales of $1.4 billion of bonds will be used to fund various capital projects, the city announced on Tuesday

Municipal bond buyers adopted a cautious tone on Tuesday, waiting for trading volatility to die down before jumping back into the market.

Some municipal bond traders are describing an apathetic mood in the municipal market on Tuesday.

Muni market participants are ready for yet another week of low volume and high volatility, with investors keeping their money on the sidelines until the markets stabilize.

Action in the primary muni market has been slow and low in 2018 and yields have spiked recently, with investors increasingly moving to the sidelines to wait for calmer waters. However, some view this as a buying opportunity and are urging others to jump in with them.

Faced with yet another week of low volume and high volatility, muni market participants hope for improvement in February.

Although market conditions are not pristine, with rising yields and little primary action, market participants expressed reason to believe the first week of February will be a positive one.

Municipal bond yields are rising as buyers look ahead to another smaller-than-average slate of sales heading to market next week.

Bond traders and buyers will keep an eye on rising yields as the municipal bond market sees a smaller than average primary slate scheduled for sale next week.

Worries about a future interest rate hike couples with a rise in Treasury issuance pressured muni yields Thursday.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch won a large note sale in the primary sector on Thursday as the market eyes bond yields, which have been on a tear since the beginning of the month.

The municipal bond market is focusing its attention on Thursday on rising bond yields a day after the Federal Reserve signaled it could raise interest rates at its next meeting in March.

There was no consensus on prospects for a federal infrastructure plan at Wednesday's Bond Buyer event.

Municipal bond market participants are weighing in on what they think about what President Trump said about infrastructure in his State of the Union address.

Municipal bond volume evaporated in January, as the market felt the aftereffect of federal tax legislation that pulled issuance forward into 2017.

Municipal bond market participants are weighing in on President Trump's call for infrastructure financing in his State of the Union address.

It will take some time to see how both tax reform and infrastructure makes an impression on the muni market, said panelists at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook 2018 Conference.