Lynne Funk is an Executive Editor for The Bond Buyer, a publication focused on covering the municipal bond market and related financial news. With extensive experience in finance journalism, Lynne provides in-depth analysis and reporting on topics such as bond issuances, ratings outlooks, market trends, and regulatory developments.
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Lynne's coverage primarily revolves around finance and state government, with a focus on municipal bonds, insurance markets, tax enforcement, and state government policies. Her articles often cite data and cover government announcements.
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The biggest theme within the muni market — and what is responsible for its performance — is the amount of cash on the sidelines, with $6-plus trillion in money market funds and close to $2.5 trillion in certificates of deposits, said Julio Bonilla, a fixed-income portfolio manager at Schroders.
Municipals faced some pressure Thursday as U.S. Treasuries saw losses amid geopolitical uncertainty and mixed macroeconomic data ahead of Friday's payrolls figure while equities were off near the close.
U.S. Treasuries sold off Friday after payrolls came in much hotter than expected, leading economists and traders to pare back rate cut expectations.
Municipal triple-A yield curves played catch up to USTs Friday to close out a week of more mixed economic data that has economists constantly reevaluating their Federal Reserve policy expectations with little consensus.
Municipals were little changed Friday ahead of another robust new-issue week while U.S. Treasuries made some gains and equities closed in the black.
By: Lynne Funk
Municipals were little changed Friday ahead of another robust new-issue week while U.S. Treasuries made some gains and equities closed in the black.
Several macro trends have converged to drive growth in municipal bond issuance, said participants at The Bond Buyer's California Public Finance conference.
The correction to the municipal market has improved muni to UST ratios while uncertainty hangs over ahead of the election. J.P. Morgan's Peter DeGroot said the firm expects the end of next week "will mark the end of the difficult technical period in 2024 and believe that net supply in November will…
Munis were little changed in the last session of the month and few deals of size priced, while muni mutual funds saw inflows overall but high-yield saw the first outflows since mid-April.
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