Barclays Sees Muni ‘Space Bonds’ Becoming $25 Billion Market

Barclays Plc says the municipal-bond market is poised for new debt sales for space facilities after the enactment of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The legislation included a provision that would let spaceports sell tax-exempt bonds, known as private-activity bonds, similar to airports. In a report late last week, Barclays strategists led by Mikhail Foux said that there is no limit to issuance of spaceport bonds, unlike other types of private-activity bonds.

“This could become a relatively active municipal sub-sector, in our view,” they wrote. “Several bond issues might be coming to the market in the not-so-distant ...