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Third Quarter 2024 Municipal Securities Market Summary
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MSRB quarterly market summaries discuss key developments in yields, trading volume, new issuance, and mutual fund flows in the municipal bond market.

Analysis of Primary vs. Recently Issued and Competitive vs. Negotiated Municipal Securities Markets
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Analysis of trading and pricing trends in the municipal securities market, comparing the primary market to the recently issued market, and the competitive market to the negotiated market.…

Second Quarter 2024 Municipal Securities Market Summary
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MSRB quarterly market summaries discuss key developments in yields, trading volume, new issuance, and mutual fund flows in the municipal bond market.

MSRB Statistical Summaries and Reports
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MSRB Quarterly Summaries discuss key developments in yields, trading volume, new issuance, and mutual fund flows in the municipal bond market.The MSRB Fact Book includes monthly, quarterly and yearly aggregate ...

First Quarter 2024 Municipal Securities Market Summary
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MSRB quarterly market summaries discuss key developments in yields, trading volume, new issuance, and mutual fund flows in the municipal bond market.

Trading Patterns in the Municipal Securities Market
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MSRB analysis examines trading patterns in the municipal securities market, reviewing the fragmentation in the market and the depth and breadth of data available to market participants.

Fact Book
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The MSRB Fact Book offers a free and comprehensive reference for historical trade statistics on a quarterly and yearly basis. The reports encompass information on nearly every trade reported to the MSRB by deal...

Third Quarter 2023 Municipal Securities Market Summary
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MSRB quarterly market summaries discuss key developments in yields, trading volume, new issuance, and mutual fund flows in the municipal bond market.

Second Quarter 2023 Municipal Securities Market Summary
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MSRB quarterly market summaries discuss key developments in yields, trading volume, new issuance, and mutual fund flows in the municipal bond market.

Trading Patterns in the Primary vs. Secondary Market for Municipal Bonds
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MSRB report identifies possible reasons for different patterns in customer trades in the primary and secondary markets for municipal bonds.

First Quarter 2023 Municipal Securities Market Summary
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MSRB quarterly market summaries discuss key developments in yields, trading volume, new issuance, and mutual fund flows in the municipal bond market.

2022 Municipal Bond Market in Review
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Detailed analysis of the municipal market detailing significantly higher interest rates, record outflows from tax-exempt mutual funds and a record number of trades.

Primary Offerings of Municipal Securities: Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Competitive and Negotiated Offerings
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COVID-19 severely impacted the primary offering market particularly for competitive offerings, with fewer competitive bids received per issuance, more dispersed competitive bid…

2022 Mid-Year Market Update
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Read about significant changes in the municipal bond market in the first half of 2022. Details in the MSRB’s latest analysis.

Trends in Municipal Securities Ownership
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Ownership since 2004 reveals a continuous decline in individual investor direct ownership of municipal securities while ownership through funds has steadily risen. Read the report.

Number of MSRB-Registered Dealers
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Updated annual data on the number of MSRB-registered dealers since 2009. (October 2021)

Overview of the Taxable Municipal Bond Market
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Detailed analysis of the municipal taxable bond market, significant increases in 2020 and historical changes.

2020 Municipal Bond Market in Review
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Detailed analysis of the municipal market during the market dislocation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competitive Bidding for Primary Offerings of Municipal Securities: More Bids, Better Pricing for Issuers?
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New research by MSRB Chief Economist Simon Wu analyzes the pricing benefits of increased competitive bidding activity in the municipal securities market.

Municipal Bond ETFs: Liquidity Impact on the Municipal Bond Market
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The MSRB Chief Economist's analysis on the relationship between municipal bond ETFs and municipal market liquidity.

Build America bonds Issuance and Trade Activity, 2009
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Analysis of the primary and secondary markets for Build America Bonds (BABs).

Unregulated Municipal Market Participants A Case for Reform
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The report details the prevalence of financial advisors and other entities in municipal market transactions.