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GFOA's Emily Brock discusses whether tax reform was a game changer for municipal bonds.

Changes in tax rates made mutual funds, not banks, the main driver of demand on the long end. The change has had the effect of pushing yields on long-term munis higher.

With $7.5 billion of new supply on the way to hungry bond buyers, the focus is on the East Coast as issuers in New Jersey and New York take the lion’s share of attention this week.

The muni market will see a skinny slate of supply hit the screens this week as volume drops to just over $3 billion ahead of the FOMC meeting and the third quarter wrapup.

Institutional investors are looking forward to this week’s top-rated muni deal from the Texas Water Board, which is selling $1.6 billion of revenue bonds.

Municipal bond buyers will see a varied group of issuers come to market this week, led by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

A battle of the coasts brews this week as the New York City Transitional Finance Authority and the state of California will sell about $2.5 billion of muni bonds, a big chunk of the $3.6 billion holiday week calendar.

Massachusetts returns to the municipal bond market this week as it prepares to offer general obligation bonds ahead of the Labor Day holiday

The Lone Star state grabs the spotlight this week as Texas prepares to sell $7.2 billion of top-rated tax and revenue anticipation notes on Wednesday.

Municipal bond buyers will see the largest new issue calendar of the year come to market this week as almost $12 billion of debt goes up for grabs.