Investors have become increasingly concerned about the outlook for the $3trn US municipal bond market. Although issuers of US municipal bonds are faced with many challenges, we think investors’ worst fears are overdone. This is unlikely to be the next leg of the financial crisis. Nevertheless, concern about a surge in defaults is likely to remain a source of market volatility.
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