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After the municipal market struggled to get through a heavy new-issue calendar last week, another slate of sizable new deals will test the market this week, anchored by a $1.3 billion California higher education deal.
February 24 -
Virginia is poised to enact a funding bill that raises sales taxes but slashes fuel taxes to create $200 million of new transportation revenue each year that could be used for bonding.
February 22 - Washington
Municipal market participants are encouraged but cautious about President Obama's proposal for a new type of taxable, direct-pay bond called America Fast Forward bonds to finance the nation's infrastructure.
February 22
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Nearly all The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes increased the week ended Feb. 21.
February 21
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Flows to municipal bond mutual funds remained positive for a seventh straight week, but only modestly so, recording $292 million in inflows for the week of Feb. 20.
February 21 -
President Obama's proposal for a Build-America-Bonds-like program for infrastructure has its roots in a proposal by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and some infrastructure analysts say it represents a pro-business pivot from the White House.
February 21 -
Moody's Investors Service has a negative outlook on local governments, which continue to be pressured in the slow and uneven economic recovery.
February 21
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Tax exempt money market funds decreased $1.88 billion and total net assets settled at $278.20 billion in the week ended Feb. 18.
February 21 -
A new Reason Foundation study analyzing road trends over the past two decades challenges claims of "crumbling infrastructure," which have been used by transportation advocates and policymakers as justification for everything from higher taxes to new or expanded bond programs.
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Philip Fischer's career starts and ends with numbers. It's led to public finance and Merrill Lynch, where he ascended to the head of muni bond research. It continues today at eBooleant Consulting and with the release of his book, "Investing in Municipal Bonds: How to Balance Risk and Reward for Success in Today's Bond Market" in January.
February 20 -
In the State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out a plan for stronger regulation of colleges and universities, which Moody's Investors Service calls a credit negative in the near term.
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