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The Thanksgiving holiday is expected to significantly cool off new supply in the primary market this week.
November 18 -
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Municipal bond mutual fund inflows fell somewhat from last week's tremendous infusion, but they were still strongly in the black. Muni bond funds saw a sixth straight week of inflows, and a 10th week of them out of 11.
November 17 -
The municipal market has been gorging on a lot of new issuance over the past few weeks, but apparently not more than it can digest.
November 17
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Tax-exempt money market funds lost $530.1 million and settled at $286.24 billion in total net assets in the week ended Nov. 14, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
November 17 -
A new study by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency on municipal bond defaults dating back to the Great Depression casts a positive light on the muni industry, saying there will be "no material increase" in defaults over the next three to five years.
November 17 -
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Table as of: 11/14/2011 15:28 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
November 15 -
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Investors this past week gave the tax-exempt market a big boost of confidence with their heaviest inflows to municipal bond mutual funds since September 2010.
November 14 -
The waves of issuance rolling into the municipal primary market the past few weeks continue to grow. Last week's volume, at more than $9 billion, approached record territory for 2011, and this week's anticipated issuance should easily set a new high for the year, at nearly $12 billion.
November 11 -
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Municipal bonds saw a largely mixed week of trading in a tight range. Subsequently, so did muni bond indexes, which ranged from unchanged to up no more than five basis points on the week.
November 10
