Municipal Bond Forum
Supply and demand dictate prices
Q
If the exemption on new municipal bond issues were eliminated, what would happen to the price of existing munis?
A
James A. Klotz responds:
Supply and demand dictate prices. If supply is reduced without a corresponding reduction in demand, tax-free bond prices have nowhere to go but up.
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