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Interactive Data Corp. and Pluris Valuation Advisors LLC have teamed up to provide what they contend will be first-of-its-kind daily pricing data for illiquid student loan and other municipal auction-rate securities.

CHICAGO - Michigan could partner with private companies to build or operate its highways and bridges to boost badly needed transportation revenue under a bill being considered by the Legislature.

Volume in the primary market is expected to be an estimated $9.11 billion of new issues, according to data from Ipreo LLC and The Bond Buyer. That follows a revised $2.31 billion of deals priced the week of Labor Day, according to Thomson Reuters.

Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook to negative on two series of outstanding debt issued by Ward County on behalf of Trinity Health, the main tertiary provider in northwest North Dakota.

Weekly reporting municipal bond mutual funds had a net inflow of $1.07 billion during the week ending Sept. 9, AMG Data Services ­reported.

SAN FRANCISCO — Build America Bonds rapidly gained investor acceptance in their first four months in the market, but they continued to trade differently from traditional municipal bonds during that period, according to preliminary findings from Loop Capital Markets.

The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes declined this holiday-shortened week, as the municipal market grew firmer in most of the week’s sessions, with the majority of the gains situated on the long end of the curve.

After seeing money flee in recent weeks, tax-exempt money market funds inched up slightly by $1.29 billion for the week ending Sept. 7 to settle at $442.70 billion, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

The trend of money moving into longer-term municipal bond mutual funds continued last week as the pace of inflows remained near historic highs by every measure.

Supply-hungry investors will face a thin calendar of post-holiday fare as an estimated $2.99 billion is expected to enter the municipal market this week, according to Ipreo LLC and The Bond Buyer.