Primary bond market

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion deal was offered to retail buyers. In secondary trading, municipals were trading mixed at mid-session.

With the future of advance refundings and private activity bonds up in the air, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided to take action and advance refund debt while they still can. Given the uncertainty, the MTA’s move could be repeated by many other issuers in position to do so, elevating issuance for the rest of the year.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority heads to market on Monday with the week’s biggest deal — a $2 billion green bond offering.

Muni volume gets a boost during the Thanksgiving holiday week as one of the nation's biggest issuers comes to market with a type of deal that may be banned after this year under pending tax reform legislation.

The municipal bond market is looking ahead to the Thanksgiving week’s $4.2 billion new issue calendar, which is headlined by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion green bond offering.

After a busy week filled with many new deals, the municipal bond market is looking ahead to the Thanksgiving week’s calendar, which is headlined by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion green bond offering.

The junk-rated school district pared down spreads after bolstering its balance sheet.

In the week ended Nov. 16, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 3.93% from 3.92% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

The Chicago Board of Education lowered borrowing costs as it returned to the market on Thursday, selling $1.03 billion of general obligation bonds.

The Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority's direct rating link to the state government was costly.

The Chicago Board of Education made a second run at the primary market on Thursday as it returned to offer $1.03 billion of general obligation bonds to muni buyers.

The Chicago Board of Education makes a second run at the primary market on Thursday as it returns to offer $857 million of general obligation bonds to muni buyers.

The Illinois Tollway's $300 million deal and the first part of the Chicago Board of Education’s $922 million bond offering came to market on Wednesday. In secondary trading, municipals were stronger on the day.

The first part of the Chicago Board of Education’s $922 million bond offering came to market on Wednesday as the board’s $64.9 million of dedicated capital improvement tax bonds were priced.

Two big deals from Illinois issuers are scheduled for sale on Wednesday as the Chicago Board of Education gets set to hit the market with the first part of its double-barreled offering and Illinois toll bonds are slated to be priced.

Competitive sales from the states of Washington and Wisconsin and negotiated deals from New York and Illinois issuers dominated Tuesday’s new issue slate.

Chicago officials want to highlight the distinctions between the highly rated new securitization and the city's general obligation bonds.

Competitive sales from the states of Washington and Wisconsin and negotiated deals from New York and Illinois issuers dominated Tuesday’s new issue slate.

New York and Illinois deals top Tuesday’s new issue slate as municipal bond traders get ready to gobble up some deals in the primary.

Developments on the tax reform front were not far from municipal bond traders' minds as they saw the first of the week’s new issues hit the screens on Monday.