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The primary "pumped new life into an already-firm market with a lower yield range being established," said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of municipal bond trading at FHN Financial.
Demand for muni bonds has slowly started make a comeback, with Jason Wong, vice president of municipals at AmeriVet Securities, saying, "this demand is a welcome sign to the tax-exempt sector as rising yields pushed investors to the sidelines."
Inflows returned, with the Investment Company Institute reporting investors added $1.982 billion to mutual funds in the week ending Jan. 11, after $3.157 billion of outflows the previous week.
Triple-A benchmarks were cut two to six basis points across the curve with the largest moves concentrated again on bonds inside 10 years, underperforming Treasuries once again.