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Bond Buyer's Municipal Bond Index increased four basis points this week to the highest since Aug. 19.
October 10
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Inflows of $2.74 billion to tax-exempt money market funds boosted total net assets to $265.90 billion in the week ended Oct. 7 and ended a three-week period of outflows, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
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Table as of: 10/09/2013 22:59 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
October 10 -
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States can benefit from investing pension funds in infrastructure, experts said, though there were some concerns from state treasurers.
October 9 -
Congress is not honoring its Build America Bond promises to state and local governments, even as state and local governments are pledged to make payments to their investors and to rebuild the nations infrastructure critical to the future economy, jobs, and competitiveness of the country.
October 9
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The rally in stocks and slump in Treasury and municipal bonds this year has set the stage for a spate of tax-loss swaps in the remainder of 2013 that may increase muni selling.
October 9
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In an effort to tap institutional investors' demand for information about Puerto Rico's tumbling debt, San Juan-based financial advisory firm REOF Capital LLC started a research division dedicated solely to municipal bonds issued by the commonwealth's key players.
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Municipal analysts and strategists are looking in the health care and housing industries and at credits with intermediate maturities for potential bargains that may be created by irrational fears over the government shutdown and the debt ceiling.
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Volume will continue to increase, though it will remain on the lighter side in the week after the U.S. government shut down.
October 6 -
The tax-exempt market was dominated in the past week by headlines concerning the government shutdown, the debt ceiling, Puerto Rico downgrades, and continued outflows from municipal bond funds, all creating a push-and-pull in the marketplace that left yields unchanged.
October 4 -
Muni bond mutual funds recorded their 19th straight week of outflows, at $690 million, as demand for tax-exempts stumbled.
October 4 -
Table as of: 10/03/2013 12:19 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
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