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A few remaining municipal bond deals hit screens on Thursday to wind down the week's issuance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A pre-marketing wire on the Sales Tax Securitization Corp.'s $366.2 million of tax-exempts indicates the Chicago deal may see wider spreads than in its bond sale last month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rates, ratios and credit spreads have munis entering May on solid footing, though some pressures due to tax season and rising U.S. Treasuries remain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Municipal bond insurers are seeing the most business since the global financial crisis of 2008 crushed the sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite a slowdown in June, long-term municipal bond volume is ahead of last year's record-breaking pace with more than $231 million in six months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The short end of the muni market saw trading of larger blocks at or below benchmarks but yield curves were little changed on a summer Friday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Refinitiv Lipper reported $1.87 billion inflows. A solid demand component for the market, but some suggest the move into bonds from equities is more an asset reallocation than investors keen on fixed income. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Secondary trading petered off into Thursday afternoon, holding triple-A benchmarks steady as most participants await Friday's nonfarm payrolls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The short end of the market has little room to fall lower. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Municipals returned 0.83% in July with a year-to-date return of 1.90%. High-yield returned 1.20% in July and 7.40% year-to-date. Taxables led July with 1.65% returns and 1.95% for the year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Muni participants await a new month with growing issuance, but perhaps not quite enough as issuers are hesitant to add more debt before final word from Washington on infrastructure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

July volume was $31.9 billion keeping the annual pace ahead of last year's record-breaking total. Issuance still lags demand by a large amount — $60 billion by many accounts for August alone — as redemptions coupon payments pile up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Washington GOs came at tighter spreads than a spring sale in the competitive market while sizable negotiated deals saw bumps in repricings. Refinitiv Lipper reported $1.4 billion of inflows in the 21st consecutive week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The massive summer reinvestment into municipal bond mutual funds continue and are both sustaining the strength of investor demand and solidifying the technical footing of the market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The economy continues to recover, with durable goods orders and consumer confidence suggesting strength, but concerns about the Delta variant of COVID-19 and continued supply-chain problems cloud the future outlook. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With municipal yields at exceedingly low absolute levels, the spread tightening between credits also continues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The last week of July marks a lighter calendar while August redemptions are huge compared to the expected supply. Investors need to get in line and likely accept lower yields and continued historically low ratios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Low ratios, low yields and massive demand are leading to a market that is mostly on its own. Refinitiv Lipper reported $1.7 billion of inflows. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Municipal triple-A benchmarks were pushed to lower yields by one to three basis points across the curve, with the bigger moves out long, but still vastly underperformed the 10-plus basis point moves in UST. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Supply, however, is still less than the massive amounts of cash on hand. Bond Buyer data shows 30-day visible supply at $12.53 billion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U.S. Treasuries have been volatile the past five sessions, with municipals largely ignoring the ride. Participants mostly have accepted current rates and ratios as large amounts of cash slosh around a market with strong technicals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A key demand component in the market again flexed its muscles with ICI reporting another round of $2 billion-plus fund inflows. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Municipals outperformed U.S. Treasuries for a third sessions moving the 10-year municipal to UST ratio below 60%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most participants expect better performance for munis in the near-term. Longer-term, a lot depends on rates, COVID and other outside factors, such as infrastructure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fund inflows are a demand component unlikely to slow during the heavy reinvestment season, keeping the yield environment squarely in issuers' favor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More of the same from the FOMC did little to move UST or munis. ICI reported the 17th consecutive week of inflows at $1.98 billion. July is looking good for municipal issuers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U.S. Treasury 10- and 30-year yields hit February lows. Large blocks of high-grades in secondary trading led triple-A benchmarks to lower yields by two to four basis points across the curve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U.S. Treasury 10- and 30-year yields hit February lows. Large blocks of high-grades in secondary trading led triple-A benchmarks to lower yields by two to four basis points across the curve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Making it a summer Friday, munis were quiet. Participants contemplate why the market underperformed taxables to the degree they did when fundamentals are objectively strong and little has changed since before the FOMC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the years, Assured Guaranty has been open to guaranteeing in the U.K. and most of Europe, Australia, and New Zealand and through AGM in the U.S. they cover certain transactions within the Latin American region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The final new issues of the week close with some bumps in repricings while the secondary was quiet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A volatile U.S. Treasury market and month-end positioning are pressuring municipal yield curves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Federal Reserve must be prepared to move if inflation continues to surprise to the upside, according to one Fed president, while another again stated a desire for the Fed to pull back on its accommodation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The short end of the yield curve faced pressure from a cheaper UST five-year. As the flattening trend in UST takes hold, demand for duration will also spill over into the tax-exempt space, with long-dated munis continuing to outperform, analysts say. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The short end of the yield curve faced pressure from a cheaper UST five-year. As the flattening trend in UST takes hold, demand for duration will also spill over into the tax-exempt space, with long-dated munis continuing to outperform, analysts say. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Refinitiv Lipper's $1.85 billion of inflows say investors aren't going anywhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Investment Company Institute on Wednesday reported $2.533 billion of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds, the highest since February. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tuesday's data may not be indicative of where the economy is going and will likely be written off by the Federal Open Market Committee at its meeting, analysts say. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most analysts expect the Federal Open Market Committee will alter its Summary of Economic Projections and perhaps begin to talk about tapering, without offering clues when they'll begin cutting back on asset purchases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As most participants await Friday's jobs report, the municipal market Thursday sustained a firm tone as rates remained on a gradual path of decline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Muni prices were firm Friday after the employment report showed nonfarm payrolls rose 559,000 in May as the jobless rate fell to 5.8%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

West Virginia increased the amount of its competitive sales planned for Wednesday by almost 30% to save money. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A total of $14.8 billion of par has been wrapped by bond insurance through May of this year, compared to $9.76 billion through the end of May 2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IHS Markit's agreement to buy Ipreo from Goldman Sachs and Blackstone private-equity funds is a milestone in the technological evolution of the municipal bond and fixed income markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The action in the primary slowed as the last few remaining deals come trickling in with the week winding down. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the week ended May 10, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index dropped to 3.99% from 4.04% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Municipal CUSIP requests signal the market may be in for a rebound in volume. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The municipal market and its participants were peppered with deals during what will go down as the week's busiest day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The municipal market and its participants are prepped and ready for what should be the busiest day of the week, as the two largest negotiated deals hit the market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The market for munis is benefiting from June reinvestment money and pent-up demand after a slow first quarter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]