Jessica Lerner

Another sizable new-issue calendar this week will bring August's total to nearly $50 billion, around where the previous two August supply figures ended, said Kim Olsan, senior fixed income portfolio manager at NewSquare Capital.

The municipal bond market saw another record-setting year of issuance during the first half of 2026, as elevated construction and labor costs, dwindling

The May groundbreaking for a Nebius data center in Independence, Missouri, for which industrial revenue bonds are being used as a tool to grant tax abatements.

For muni investors looking for income, "you can get a nice pickup in yields with AMT [bonds]," said Pat Luby, head of municipal strategy at CreditSights.

Higher costs, growing inflation, dwindling COVID-era aid and a backlog of long-delayed projects led states and governments to come to the municipal

Other times downgrades have outpaced upgrades include during and/or just after the Great Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 crisis, said Tom

The announcement — which affects the 10- to 30-year part of the curve — sent longer-term UST yields falling up to 10 basis points on Wednesday.

The long end is not seeing as much issuance from typical new-money issuers because the absolute levels of yields are too high, and "so they're maybe

Accelerating deals does not cause undue strain on the underwriters, said Ron Banaszek, co-head of public finance and lead underwriter at Blaylock Van.

Brightline Florida Municipal market participants Thursday digesting news of a possible bankruptcy loan from Assured Guaranty Ltd. to Brightline