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Intel Corp. is this week’s top headline act in the municipal bond primary market as issuers in Arizona and Oregon prepare to sell $650 million of industrial and economic development revenue bonds.

The District of Columbia and two Texas issuers are coming to market with municipal bond deals that will warm the hearts of supply-starved investors.

Attention in the municipal bond market turns westward as some of the week's biggest deals will be coming from Hawaii, Washington state and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Buyers will see the biggest issuance week of the year as $7.2 billion of deals will hit the screens.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to sell roughly $1.25 billion in bonds and notes this week as debate simmers over its funding sources.

Illinois and Chicago will be this week's headliners as the state comes under new leadership while the city sells the biggest municipal bond deal of the week — a $551 million offering from the Sales Tax Securitization Corp.

The municipal market and its investors are awaiting the $7.8 billion of new issuance with open arms, as the year starts with a week that's bigger than the five-day average was in 2018.

The municipal bond market winds down the year by seeing only $1 billion of new issues slated to price this week. It’s a far cry from last December, which saw a mad rush to market ahead of the new tax laws.

Henry Dachowitz, accepting the Midwest award on behalf of the Michigan Finance Authority, said Wayne County avoided bankruptcy and now has a rainy day fund of more than $100 million.

Mike Hall, accepting the Southeast award on behalf of the state of West Virginia, said although the state is often joked about, "Our pension system is strong."

Steve Huser, accepting the Health Care award on behlaf of Advocate Aurora Health, said the $300 million in savings is "Money that we can now use to reinvest in health care delivery."