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New bond sales plummeted 58% in April, to $9.28 billion, as a vicious bear market forced refunding issuers to flee and kept most other issuers at bay. Bond yields jumped [...]

Surging interest rates pushed new-issue sales of municipal bonds lower for a third consecutive month in March, to $15.94 billion, according to information from Securities Data Co.'s data base. That [...]

Adrop in bond yields that neared 100 basis points gave large issuers all the impetus they needed to rid themselves of high coupon debt last year and brought new-issue volume [...]

Municipal bond sales faltered in November's chilly market conditions, but still remained well above 1992 levels for the year, according to data extracted by The Bond Buyer from Securities Data [...]

New-issue municipal bond volume continued to surge through the first 10 months of 1992, rising 43% to $191.5 billion from $133.55 billion in the same period of 1991, according to [...]

Low interest rates continued to make the summe sizzle in the municipal bond market, with bond sales jumping 38% in August, to $15.62 billion from $11.29 billion the year before, [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer's weekly indexes dipped modestly this week as lack of supply and a slightly more robust Treasury market continued to keep tax-exempt afloat. The 20-bond index [...]

The Bond Buyer's indexes took a tumble this week as the Federal Reserve Board's tighter monetary policy presented the markets with reasons for optimism. The 20-bond index of general obligation [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer's tax-exempt bond indexes soared to the highest levels in 17 months this week, although a three-day rally appears to have halted the downward spiral of [...]

The yield on The Bond Buyer's 20-bond general obligation index jumped the 6% barrier for the first time in 15 months as sellers swamped a demoralized market bereft of buyers. [...]

The municipal market was able to shake off some early uncertainty this week and push yields on The Bond Buyer's revenue bond index modestly lower. The revenue bond index declined [...]

Yields of The Bond Buyer's weekly bond indexes posted sharp increases this week and hit their highest levels in four months, as prices continued to take a beating from heavy [...]

Heavy new-issue supply and turbulent currency markets continued to burden the municipal market this week, pushing yields higher on The Bond Buyer's weekly bond indexes. The 20-bond and 1 -bond [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer's weekly bond indexes plunged roughly 20 basis points this week, to the lowest levels in nearly 13 years, as strong demand and a weak economy [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer's municipal bond indexes fell for the fifth straight week in a row, reaching or approaching their lowest levels in over a decade. The declines were [...]

Sales of new municipal bonds, spurred by lower interest rates, jumped 21% in the first six months of 1991, to $74.07 billion -- the highest total ever for a first [...]

The Bond Buyer's indexes edged slightly lower as a light primary calendar helped keep municipal bond prices steady. The 20-bond index of general obligation yields slipped two basis points, to [...]

A stabilized dollar and nonthreatening economic reports helped the municipal bond market reach higher ground this week, sending yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes lower. The 20-bond and 11-bond indexes [...]

With municipal prices yoked to a Treasury market that is being battered by a collapsing dollar, yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes popped higher for the first time in five [...]

The Bond Buyer's indexes dipped to the lowest levels in eight months as a strong Treasury market and the ongoing low tax-exempt supply kept municipal prices heading higher this week. [...]

The yield on The Bond Buyer's higher-grade 11-bond index of general obligation bonds hit the lowest level in seven months, as a dearth of supply continued to bolster municipal bond [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes decreased this week, despite a bout of profit-taking and renewed uncertainty over what the Federal Reserve Board's future actions may be, as lack of [...]

The Bond Buyer's indexes reversed a two-month downward trend as greater supply and renewed worries over an impending Federal Reserve Board rate increase pushed municipal bond yields' modestly higher. Traders [...]

Buoyed by strong technical factors, The Bond Buyer's indexes slid lower for the ninth consecutive week to their lowest levels in four months. The 20-bond and 11-bond indexes of general [...]

Ongoing low supply in both the primary and secondary markets and aggressive pricing, spurred by strong retail demand, combined to push The Bond Buyer's indexes lower for the eighth consecutive [...]

Nibbling from the retail side kept the municipal bond market firm this week, as yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes fell for the seventh straight week. In addition, supply remained [...]

The municipal market ended a volatile year with a firm tone yesterday as modest declines in the The Bond Buyer's weekly indexes reflected the sixth consecutive week of decreases in [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer's weekly indexes declined for the fourth straight week as the settling of the dust from Orange County, Calif., and the belief that interest rates have [...]

Continued light forward supply and aggressive pricing in the primary market helped push yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes lower from a week ago. The 20-bond index of general obligation [...]

The Bond Buyer's weekly indexes were down slightly as the municipal bond market's mood moved from positive on the Federal Reserve Board's tightening to negative on yesterday's drop in the [...]

The Bond Buyer's weekly indexes made the first significant upward movement in a month as a directionless municipal bond market saw little reason for optimism. The 20-bond index of general [...]

Cautious optimism that the Federal Reserve Board won't tighten its monetary policy this month helped push yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes modestly lower. The 20-bond and 11-bond indexes of [...]

Players stayed away from the municipal market this week ahead of today's gross domestic product report, keeping The Bond Buyer's weekly indexes little changed from a week ago. The 20-bond [...]

Municipal bond prices dropped sharply Wednesday and yesterday at the prospect of higher interest rates, wiping out a four-day rally and leaving yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes roughly unchanged [...]

Market participants adopted a wait-and-see stance ahead of today's unemployment report, keeping The Bond Buyer's weekly indexes little changed from last week. The 20-bond and 11-bond indexes of general obligation [...]

Municipal bond prices were bolstered by extremely thin supply this week, sending yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes lower of the fourth straight week. The firmer tone was tempered, however, [...]

A short supply of bonds and stabilizing economic reports kept the municipal market in a positive mood this week, pushing The Bond Buyer's indexes moderately lower. Caution was still the [...]

The Bond Buyer's indexes barely budged this week as the municipal market adopted a wait-and-see attitude that brought last week's good vibrations to and abrupt halt. The 20-bond index of [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer's revenue bond index shot to the highest level since late 1992, as a nervous market bided its time before the Federal Reserve Board's inevitable tightening. [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes rose slightly this week, as tax-exempt bond prices firmed somewhat after large losses early in the week. The 20-bond index of general obligation yields [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer indexes declined modestly for the third week in a row, as the municipal market seems to have put its inflation fears aside. An otherwise upbeat [...]

Yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes declined slightly this week, as the municipal market staved off the effects of another Federal Reserve Board tightening. The 20-bond and 11-bond indexes of [...]

A combination of lower supply and temporarily reduced fears of further Federal Reserve Board tightening pushed yields on The Bond Buyer's indexes lower this week. The 20-bond index of general [...]

Fears about higher interest rates and international troubles kept municipal bond prices rolling downhill this week pushing yields on The Bond Buyer's municipal bond indexes moderately higher. The 20-bond index [...]

Inflation fears' rising to near-hysteria levels pushed The Bond Buyer's municipal bond indexes sharply higher this week, to their highest levels in about a year. The Bond Buyer's 20-bond index [...]

The buyer's retreat from the municipal market turned into a rout as yields on The Bond Buyer's weekly indexes surged to their highest levels since last August. The Bond Buyer's [...]

Nervousness over the timing of the Federal Reserve's next move on interest rates pushed The Bond Buyer's weekly indexes modestly higher this week. The Bond Buyer's 20-bond and 11-bond indexes [...]

The modest gains in the municipal bond market this year were wiped out in one fell swoop this week, as the Federal Reserve Board's tightening of short-term money rates sent [...]