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A surge in taxable muni volume has overall issuance 18% higher in the first half of 2020.
August 24 -
The housing and transportation sectors had the biggest declines in municipal bond volume.
August 24 -
Municipal issuers continue to swarm the muni market with taxable muni deals, as July accounted for $42.6 billion — the highest total for the month since at least 1986.
July 31 -
The municipal market saw a $40 billion-plus month for the second time this year, as issuers flooded the market with bond sales during the month of June.
June 30 -
Bond volume was 4.2% lower than it was a year ago but increased from March and April’s low totals.
May 29 -
Issuance in the public finance sector is likely to contract in 2020, S&P Research says.
May 1 -
April finished with $23.7 billion of issuance, a 15% decline from the $27.9 billion in April 2019. Volatility from the pandemic has caused erratic swings in benchmark yields, resulting in the lowest muni volume total in the month since 2011.
April 30 -
Municipal bond issuance was $67.88 billion after the first two months of 2020 and was on pace to easily eclipse the $400 billion mark — then COVID-19 completely turned the market upside down.
March 31 -
Taxable bonds and COVID-19 are two of the main catalysts that helped February municipal bond volume ascend to its highest level since at least 1986.
February 28 -
Issuers in the Far West sold $85 billion of municipal bonds in 2019, a 23% increase from 2018.
February 27