How to Use muni in a Sentence

muni

noun
  • Mickelson had just pulled a stunt that would be fine at your local muni.
    Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 16 June 2018
  • First, not all munis are created equal, even if the market is treating them that way.
    Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2019
  • That’s why anyone daring to buy munis must have faith these handouts will keep coming.
    Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2019
  • And the town is in the middle of a hot desert that is increasingly arid, so this muni is rock solid.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Treating munis as liquid assets would expand demand for this debt.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 May 2018
  • But our buy window is NOT closed, due to the lag that still exists between munis and stocks.
    Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The bigger concern for investors is that advertised yields for munis can be misleading.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • So the New York system in particular said bye-bye to munis as the schools in their baby-boom boom cried.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Johnson did it with the nonchalance of a player who could have been at the local muni for a Sunday game with his buddies.
    Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune, 15 Nov. 2020
  • The interest earned from munis are free from federal tax and, if the investor lives in the issuing state, exempt from state tax as well.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The firm is also selectively investing in high-yield munis.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Breakeven tax rates show when munis outperform taxable bonds after taxes, especially in high-tax states.
    Paul Malloy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Well, the relationship between munis and the 10-year Treasury rate is clear in the chart below.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Muni bonds may be right for some investors Some investors may want to consider municipal bonds, or munis.
    Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • And, although yields on munis have fallen as prices have risen, many tax-exempt bonds aren’t valued wildly out of line with historical standards.
    WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
  • State and local government bonds are a favorite of banks, which are the third biggest holder of munis after households and mutual funds.
    Heather Gillers, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But unlike other many other munis, Lauderhill is also jacking up its fees on water, stormwater, fire-rescue and more.
    Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 July 2017
  • However, recession fears alone can’t explain the broader divergence between munis and other types of bonds.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The latest struck in November, when the largest muni-bond fund had its worst month since the 2008 financial crisis.
    Stan Choe, The Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2017
  • These days, munis are cheap relative to corporate bonds, Bank of America said in a note Friday.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Then there’s the sheer size — the biggest since at least 2020 for a taxable muni, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Prices for munis eventually fell enough that hedge funds and other big institutional investors got interested and helped set a floor.
    Stan Choe, The Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2017
  • BlackRock maintains a barbell yield curve strategy in munis, with zero to two years on one end and 15 to 20 on the other.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
  • That includes some taxable munis from universities looking to drum up additional funding.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
  • For instance, Houston used munis to finance an airport expansion and Seattle extended its light rail.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • If First Republic sells its munis, a larger-than-usual amount of debt could get dumped into the $4 trillion market, dragging down prices.
    Heather Gillers, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Close particularly likes the risk/reward on the munis that funded the Houston airport expansion.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • With corners of Congress perennially threatening to chip away at bondholders’ tax break, munis are asset class in need of a champion.
    Fortune, 23 Feb. 2018
  • With corners of Congress perennially threatening to chip away at bondholders' tax break, munis are asset class in need of a champion.
    Joe Mysak, ajc, 22 Feb. 2018
  • These issues are still deemed investment grade by credit agencies but are a little riskier compared to munis with AAA ratings.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024

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