Issuance was $34.308 billion in 471 issues, down 7.2% year-over-year from $36.982 billion across 536 transactions in 2025.

Municipal bond closed-end funds (CEFs) are seeing narrowing discounts, with NXP and MHF offering the most compelling value in ...

Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton uses the Federal Reserve's latest Flow of Funds data to show how households still ...

The municipal bond market hasn’t provided standout returns lately. Unless you are in a top tax bracket and buy a long-term muni—which comes with a lot of interest-rate risk—yields on an after-tax ...

The Franklin Dynamic Municipal Bond ETF (FLMI) is not a particular well-known muni ETF, but it is definitely one of the better ones in its niche. It focuses on high-quality munis, has a good ...

The first wave of Japanese local government issuers selling municipal bonds this year will face some of the highest funding costs in decades, as market yields rose after the Bank of Japan’s December ...

A guaranteed bond is a debt security that promises that, should the issuer default, its interest and principal payments will be made by a third party.

JMUB’s 3.5% tax-free yield equals 5.1% taxable for retirees in the 32% bracket. The fund outperformed passive municipal bond ETFs by over 200 basis points over five years. Retirees in the 12% bracket ...

Municipal bonds are starting 2026 on strong footing, with the so-called “January effect” lifting prices as reinvestment cash floods the market. State and local bonds have returned about 0.75% to start ...

Learn about Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs), short-term securities issued ahead of larger bonds, used by municipalities to fund projects quickly and efficiently.

Municipal bond prices are off to a strong start so far this year. Yields fell by about 10 basis points last week thanks largely to rising demand meeting less supply, said Tom Kozlik, head of public ...