Taxable bonds

Market attention turns to the taxable sector as some the week’s biggest deals are set to hit the screens.

Taxables in full force once again; yield seekers have Illinois.

New York State's fifth-largest city will sell $152 million of general obligation bonds.

Wisconsin will refund $622 million of taxable 2008 bonds in a sale that sheds swaps tied to Libor.

Most of the proceeds will refinance direct placement debt with bonds sold in the public markets.

Spectrum Health System will consolidate its administrative offices into a central location.

Taxable bonds will replace interim financing that funded land acquisition for the plant, which may not match the vision that drew state and local subsidies.

The Idaho audit involved $1.485 million general obligation bonds issued with a taxable direct-pay federal subsidy under the Qualified School Construction Bonds program.

California's largest-ever competitive taxable deal, which followed two upgrades, drew 10 or more bidders for each tranche.

St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance will price up to $856 million through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

The authority is bringing $950 million of taxable bonds and $1.7 billion of tax-exempts.

Green bonds and taxables dominate the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's $620 million sale.

The deal allows the university to shed a master trust indenture and concentrate its debt under the University of Nebraska Facilities Corp.

Most of the deal from Connecticut's largest city will be taxable, with the lion's share going to a pension fund.

The municipal market continues to flex its muscles even as the U.S. economy seems to be slowing, which could lead to an even flatter yield curve.

Municipal bond volume continues to accelerate, closing out the month of September 39.1% higher and the quarter 17.8% higher than a year earlier, as issuers flocked to market with taxable deals.

Low taxable rates will allow the state to reap 10% present value savings while advance refunding $285 million of tax-exempt GO debt.

Downtown Dallas has seen a revival in recent years with residential conversions and more pedestrian-friendly design paid for with tax-increment financing.

Texas A&M University System will price $430 million of taxable bonds, including $230 million to advance refund tax-exempt debt.

CommonSpirit Health will sell $2.7 billion of taxable bonds and $3.1 billion of tax-exempt debt, with BBB-plus ratings, into a supply-starved market.