General links
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National Federation of Municipal Analysts  |
| Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board |
| Fitch Ratings: Public Finance |
Moody's U.S. Municipal Bond Rating Scale  |
| Glossary of municipal bond terms |
| Municipal Bonds 101: Munidirect.com |
| Chicago Board of Trade Municipal Bond Derivatives |
| Trading Activity and Price Volatility in the Municipal Bond Market |
| In Search Of Municipal Bond Offering Documents |
| Municipal Bond Liquidity |
| ICI: Shareholders of municipal bond mutual funds |
| Pre-refunded municipal bonds |
| Overview of the Municipal Bond Market |
| Moody's Ratings |
| Standard & Poor's |
| Orange County Bankruptcy Case Creditors |
| Orange County Case: Using Value at Risk to Control Financial Risk |
| Merrill Execs off the Hook in Orange County Bankruptcy |
| Insured Municipal Bonds |
| Knowledge-Based Approaches for Evaluating Municipal Bonds |
| Immigration, Financial Stability, and Municipal Bond Ratings |
| Tax-Exempt Derivative Products: An Overview |
| Debt and New York's Public Authorities: Borrowing Like There's No Tomorrow |
| Municipal Bond Calculator |
| Types of Municipal Bonds |
| Bond Insurance |
| Insured U.S. Municipal Bonds |
| Online bond insurance from MBIA |
| Bond analysts' conflicts still a hidden problem |
| The undervalued safe haven bond |
| Pay to Play in the Municipal Bond Industry |
Specific Links: Municipal Securities
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| Bureau of Census: State and Local Government Finance Data |
| U.S. Census Bureau: Federal, State, and Local Governments |
| Securitization.net |
| Outstanding Level of Public and Private Debt |
| MuniView NMRSIR |
| Federal Reserve F.211 |
| Bond Market Association: Research on Municipal Debt |
| Bond Market Association: Municipal Swap Index |
| Review of Electronic Transaction Systems for Bond Markets |
| Number and Value of Long-Term Municipal Bond Underwritings 1992-2002 |
| BondTalk.com Municipal Yield Curve |
| Bond Market Association: Municipal Securities Division |
Books
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| 'How Municipal Bonds Work (New York Institute of Finance)', Paperback, Robert Zipf
Intended for investment professionals interested in how U.S. municipal bonds work. |
| 'Municipal Bonds: The Comprehensive Review of Municipal Securities and Public Finance', Hardcover, Robert P. Lamb, Stephen P. Rappaport
The tools to evaluate the safety of municipal securities |
| 'Big Bets Gone Bad: Derivatives and Bankruptcy in Orange County', Paperback, Philippe Jorion, Robert Roper
An analysis of the esoteric financial instruments that allowed the treasurer, Robert Citron, to bankrupt Orange County after losing $1.5 billion. |
| 'The Fundamentals of Municipal Bonds: 5th Edition', Hardcover, The Bond Market Association, Judy Wesalo Temel
A classic text on the municipal securities market |
Books on Municipal Bonds |
Magazines on Municipal Bonds
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