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A First-Ever Default Shakes an $80 Billion Corner of Muni Market
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A First-Ever Default Shakes an $80 Billion Corner of Muni Market

Bloomberg Markets · Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 PM

More than two decades after Wall Street started pumping out a new type of bonds — those backed by the legal-settlement payments governments receive from cigarette companies — one batch has finally been driven into a default. It almost certainly won’t be the last.

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