Secondary bond market

Connecticut on Thursday sold its first bond offering since it passed a budget last month.

Municipal bond buyers saw more supply come to market in Wednesday as retail investors kept up their confidence in tax-free bond funds.

The suit is "a policy paper masquerading as a complaint," the state says, but it may still push up Illinois' borrowing costs while it is active.

Investor demand for New York City bonds allowed underwriters to move the sale up by a day.

As summer sizzles, this week’s hottest deals can be found in the municipal bond market.

Munis are expected to attract inflows for another week. After that the ball's in the Federal Open Market Committee's court.

Investors are also facing the imbalance of summer reinvestment season and the typical mid-year volume deceleration in July and August.

Peter Delahunt, manager of municipal trading at Raymond James, says the market is directed by retail demand, the Fed, tweets, tariff discussions and compliance. Transparency has improved and volume will remain relatively flat except for an acceleration in current refunding activity. John Hallacy hosts.

Municipal bond buyers saw some big note and bond deals hit the market on Wednesday, led by issuers in Georgia and Colorado.

The muni market started the week hitting the ground running as the second biggest deal of the week priced along with a few others on what was a active Tuesday.