Muni Minute

After a slow week in the primary that featured little action and few well-known names, the market is expected to get a jolt of chunky issuance from big names from the states of New York and California.

After a slow week in the primary that featured little action and few well-known names, the market is expected to get a jolt of chunky issuance from big names from the states of New York and California.

The primary muni market has been volatile the past month since the election. Now with 2016 almost over, the Federal Open Market Committee is set to meet on Wednesday with a bump in interest rates widely expected, which would be the first since last December. In the latest installment of Muni Minute, we preview the Fed meeting and speculate on what could follow from the FOMC in 2017. 

In the latest installment of Muni Minute – The Bond Buyer's 60-second video series -- we focus on the bond referendums across the United States. We look at California, which has the lion's share of bonds on the ballot and at what it could mean for new issuance volume in 2017.See also Election Preview: Largest Bond Ballot Since 2006