Muni Minute

The market will look for clues about monetary policy when Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Congressional panels this week.

Municipal bond buyers are taking a second look at new issues with 3% and 4% coupons against a backdrop of what has been a strong traditional preference for 5% bonds.

It’s Democrat vs. Democrat with Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders debating competing spending plans as the July 1 deadline quickly approaches.

Investors will see supply from airports, hospitals, higher ed and more this week.

The General Assembly is sending a Constitutional amendment to voters for the measure that would raise $3 billion annually.

Iowa's PEFA gas deal and North Carolina GARVEEs lead the way.

Market participants have a lot of issues to cover this week at the Smart Cities annual conference — climate change and resiliency, AI, cybersecurity and more.

Taxable municipal bonds have been in the spotlight of late and investors are eating them up.

The P3 market is growing and state and local governments are taking note.

A $1.6 billion note deal from the New York State Thruway Authority this week will roll over an issue sold in 2013 as part of a financing for the $4 billion Mario Cuomo Bridge.

California water bonds highlight the light holiday-week calendar.

The Golden State keeps its issuance streak alive as it get set to sell $2.1 billion of general obligation bonds later this week. This deal is primarily a refunding — a result of bonds sold in 2009 under the Stimulus Act hitting their 10-year call date.

Green bonds and sustainable offerings are on tap this week as several sales are set to hit the market. Buyers are expected to snap up the paper that aims to fund clean water, school and housing initiatives.

Investors will see municipal bonds of all stripes and shapes hit the market this week, with high-grades and high-yields competing with tax-exempt and taxable, all pricing into a declining yield environment amid recession worries.

With a mere $2.4 billion of municipal new issuance this week, investors will face stiff competition for paper.

Municipal bond buyers will see several big deals head their way this week. Taking the top spot is a $654 million deal from the Regents of the University of California to be priced by UBS while Citi is set to price the Lower Colorado River Authority's $370 million offering.

The West and East Coasts will battle it out for the top municipal deal of the week — with California coming with a $2.3 billion GO deal and NYC coming with almost $990 million of bonds.

Intel Corp. is this week’s top headline act in the municipal bond primary market as issuers in Arizona and Oregon prepare to sell $650 million of industrial and economic development revenue bonds.

The District of Columbia and two Texas issuers are coming to market with municipal bond deals that will warm the hearts of supply-starved investors.

Attention in the municipal bond market turns westward as some of the week's biggest deals will be coming from Hawaii, Washington state and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Buyers will see the biggest issuance week of the year as $7.2 billion of deals will hit the screens.