Markets

Tax exempt money market funds decreased $1.88 billion and total net assets settled at $278.20 billion in the week ended Feb. 18.

Philip Fischer's career starts and ends with numbers. It's led to public finance and Merrill Lynch, where he ascended to the head of muni bond research. It continues today at eBooleant Consulting and with the release of his book, "Investing in Municipal Bonds: How to Balance Risk and Reward for Success in Today's Bond Market" in January.

In the State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out a plan for stronger regulation of colleges and universities, which Moody's Investors Service calls a credit negative in the near term.

A pair of large water deals will flood the primary market with nearly $1 billion this week as part of more than $6 billion in total new volume that is expected to be priced on the heels of last week's market firmness.

Amidst concerns among market participants of a 'great rotation' out of fixed income into equities, Barclays strategists released a report Thursday assessing whether this might happen in the muni market.

Municipal buyers gave their blessing to bankrupt AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc.'s $11 billion marriage by ascribing near to full value to American's unsecured tax-exempt debt traded Thursday.

The municipal bond market recorded a solid week of inflows to mutual funds, at $490 million, breaking a four-week string of dwindling demand.

All The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes increased the week ended Feb. 14.

Moody's Investors Service gave the states a negative outlook for the sixth consecutive year, noting employment and tax revenue growth are still uneven.