Secondary bond market

Massachusetts and Texas will be in the market next week as the unofficial summer season winds down during the last week before Labor Day.

Deals from New York and Massachusetts led the new issue slate on Thursday as the last of the week’s supply came to market.

Muni market groups claimed victory after federal banking regulators moved to treat munis like all other types of Level 2B HQLA.

Both the big Illinois bond deal and the giant Texas note sale were warmly received by investors Wednesday.

Illinois came to market on Wednesday with over $900 million of bonds while Texas sold a massive note deal in the competitive arena.

Municipal bond buyers saw some new offerings come to market on Tuesday, led by a Denver city and county deal.

Municipal bonds were firm and little changed on Tuesday as new issue supply started to price.

Trading was muted after last week’s bounty of bond sales, as the market looked ahead to this week’s larger deals, including a $920 million Illinois financing.

A typical quiet summer Monday unfolded, with trading activity muted as the market reflected on last week’s bountiful volume and looked ahead with anticipation to some this week’s larger deals, including the $920 million Illinois financing, muni traders said.

The final rules will focus on debt obligations on a similar level as bonds, an effort to respond to comments that the first proposal was too broad.

Texas headlines the week's slate as it prepares for a mammoth note sale while Massachusetts prepares large short-term sales of its own.

Texas will take center stage next week with its mammoth note sale.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Connecticut capped a busy week in the muni market.

Municipal bond buyers saw the last of the week’s big deals come to market.

The municipal bond market saw another big wave of supply sweep in on Wednesday, led by issuers in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Hawaii and New York.

The supply keeps coming for municipal bond buyers, with a slew of new deals pricing in the primary.

Action was brisk in the municipal bond market on Tuesday as several big deals were priced in the primary.

Primary market action kicked off Tuesday as several big deals were offered to municipal bond buyers.

An "anemic" first quarter gave way to a much stronger second quarter for the muni market, SIFMA found.

With about $12 billion of new deals on tap, muni investors will have plenty of bonds to choose from.