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Munis Trail Treasuries by Most Since 2020 After Issuance Boom
The municipal-bond market is logging its worst performance relative to US government debt since the start of the pandemic, as a burst of new bond sales pressures prices.
State and local government debt has lost about 1% this year, trailing the 3% gain on US Treasury securities by roughly 4 percentage points, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.