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The weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, was down one basis point this week, at 4.88% for the week ending Feb. 6.
February 20 -
Municipal mutual funds gained $320.03 million of new cash in the week ended Feb. 19, Lipper FMI reported.
February 20
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Congress must show political courage in expanding federal transportation funding as the Highway Trust Fund dwindles, DOT Secretary Foxx said Thursday.
February 20
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Detroit plans to file its long-awaited debt adjustment plan Friday.
February 20 -
Tax-exempt money market funds posted $2.08 billion of outflows, reducing total net assets to $268.04 billion in the week ended Feb. 17, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
February 20
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ETFs and mutual funds are well-positioned for rising interest rates because they have most of their fixed income holdings in short-term government bonds, according to Morningstar Inc.
February 19 -
The federal bankruptcy judge overseeing Detroit's Chapter 9 case heard arguments Wednesday from bond insurers challenging the city's effort to treat its unlimited-tax general obligation bonds as unsecured.
February 19 -
The California Housing Finance Agency showed it's possible to buy time, and not just kick the can down the road, when faced with significant financial challenges, according to a Municipal Market Advisors report.
February 19
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Lawyers for Detroit told the bankruptcy court Wednesday the city plans to file a motion proposing a new swaps settlement with UBS and Bank of America in the next three to four days.
February 19 -
The rise in high-deductible health plans could bring more pressure to bear on an already pressured non-profit health care sector, Fitch Ratings said.
February 19
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The benefits of stimulus spending on transportation infrastructure during economic downturns outweigh the initial cost, the Transportation Research Board says.
February 18
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Detroit's Cobo Hall, the riverfront convention center that a few years ago struggled to survive, is now touting itself as a model of regional cooperation that the bankrupt city can replicate as it tries to rebuild itself after bankruptcy.
February 18
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Supply will trail off again as a $400 million Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected to sell amid an otherwise lackluster holiday-shortened week.
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