Investments

Weekly reporting municipal bond mutual funds had a net inflow of $252 million during the period ending Sept. 3, AMG Data Services reported.

The Northeast region will take center stage in this week's primary market when a trio of sizable deals - led by a $467.2 million revenue sale and auction-rate conversion from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York - is expected to be priced as part of an estimated $4.90 billion in total new-issue volume, according to Thomson Reuters.

Princeton University on Wednesday will take bids for $250 million of natural triple-A rated debt to help pay for new academic buildings and maintenance projects. The New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority will issue the debt on behalf of the university.

ALABAMAMobile Infirmary Health System Special Care Facilities Financing AuthorityAug 29, 2008 . . . . . . $50,000,000

CALIFORNIAOrange County Sanitation DistrictSep 4, 2008 . . . . . . $27,800,000

Tax-exempt money market fund assets took another noticeable dip during the week ending Sept. 1, suffering a net decline of $6.28 billion to settle at $514.3 billion, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com of Westborough, Mass.

WASHINGTON - Georgetown University, one of the first issuers to be hit by a failed auction as the auction-rate securities market was beginning to collapse earlier this year, is joining the throngs of issuers exiting the devastated market when it begins to convert about $550 million of its ARS in the coming weeks.

Most of The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes declined this week, as the municipal market was largely unchanged to slightly firmer through most sessions as investors returned to work from a long weekend.

CALIFORNIACalifornia Educational Facilities AuthorityAug 7, 2008 . . . . . . $15,000,000

ARKANSASGreenbrier School District No. 47 of Faulkner CountySep 3, 2008 . . . . . . $8,160,000

ALABAMAAlabama Municipal Funding CorporationAug 21, 2008 . . . . . . $2,405,000

IOWAWapello CountySep 2, 2008 . . . . . . $2,500,000

ALABAMAHuguley Water, Sewer, and Fire Protection AuthorityJul 28, 2008 . . . . . . $4,445,000

KANSASHays (City)Aug 28, 2008 . . . . . . $1,230,000

Weekly reporting municipal bond mutual funds had a net inflow of $432 million during the period ending Aug. 27, AMG Data Services reported.

A Massachusetts general obligation offering and a $1.8 billion New Jersey tax and revenue anticipation note sale will compete for investors' attention as the first two largest deals to be priced as the market bids farewell to summer and gets back to business after the Labor Day hiatus.

ARIZONAMcAllister Academic Village LLCAug 27, 2008 . . . . . . $145,180,000

ARKANSASViola School District No. 15 of Fulton CountyAug 28, 2008 . . . . . . $3,350,000

CHICAGO -Capital spending is expected to remain heavy across the nonprofit health care sector amid mounting financial pressures and the fallout from the collapsed auction-rate securities market, according to a pair of reports released this week by Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's.

Most of The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes rose this week, as municipals weakened in most of the week's sessions, which saw light activity ahead of a long weekend.