Investments

ALASKAAlaskaSep 14, 2010 . . . . . . $171,060,000

Table as of: 09/08/2010 12:47 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval

Harrisburg, Pa.’s near-miss on its general obligation debt, Warren Buffett’s gloomy foreshadowing of a “terrible problem,” and flirtations with a double-dip recession have not much changed the tenor of analysts’ expectations for the strength of municipal credit.

CHICAGO — The Iowa State Board of Regents will competitively sell $20 million of debt Thursday in the final financing for the $43 million reconstruction and expansion of the Carver-Hawkeye Arena at the University of Iowa.

The amount of debt that will be issued to build a new state hospital in New Orleans could be pared by $55 million to $100 million of expected additional federal reimbursements for hurricane damage to shuttered Charity Hospital.

Table as of: 09/14/2010 15:48 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval

ALABAMATalladega CountySep 13, 2010 . . . . . . $2,390,000

ARKANSASBismarck School District No. 25 of Hot Spring CountySep 14, 2010 . . . . . . $1,735,000

A component of the Basel III banking regulatory package would make it more expensive for banks to guarantee municipal debt, possibly limiting options for municipalities seeking to sell bank-supported debt.

The municipal market was unchanged to slightly firmer Tuesday in a primary-driven session in which two universities led the way by bringing nearly $1.5 billion of combined debt to market.

CALIFORNIACalifornia Pollution Control Financing AuthoritySep 8, 2010 . . . . . . $23,640,000

ILLINOISHarlem School District No. 122Sep 13, 2010 . . . . . . $4,640,000

DALLAS — The University of Texas System is preparing to price $631 million of taxable and tax-exempt bonds Tuesday, including $430 million for a new UT Southwestern Medical School hospital in Dallas.

MISSISSIPPIGautier (City)Sep 9, 2010 . . . . . . $7,000,000

CALIFORNIACalifornia Municipal Finance AuthoritySep 9, 2010 . . . . . . $50,080,000

Three sizable Ohio deals, a large New York City utility financing, and a two-pronged Texas education sale greet investors as part of an estimated $6.72 billion of new issues in the first full week of trading and underwriting after the late summer holidays, according to Ipreo LLC and The Bond Buyer.

MENLO PARK, Calif. — The University of California will sell $670 million of mostly taxable Build America Bonds next week, its largest foray into the market this year, to help pay for campus upgrades.

Retail investors ignored the pullback in the state and local government debt market last week, ­committing the third-heaviest slug of new money to ­municipal bond mutual funds this year.

CHICAGO — The Regents of the University of Minnesota on Wednesday will sell $146 million of bonds in two issues to fund biomedical science research facilities. The deal will offer a mix of tax-exempt revenue debt supported by a state appropriation and taxable Build America Bonds backed by the school’s credit.

ARKANSASCedarville School District No. 44 of Crawford CountySep 9, 2010 . . . . . . $2,650,000