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Neither primary volume nor moderately volatile Treasuries did much to upset the municipal market's steady mien this week. Despite the modest backup in most rates among munis and Treasuries on the week, muni bond indexes held their levels.
October 25
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Tax-exempt money market funds continued to lose cash for a second week in a row as total net assets decreased by $679 million to $266.74 billion in the week ended Oct. 22, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
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Table as of: 10/24/2012 15:22 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
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Spaceports are popping up all over the U.S., as both existing airports and brand new facilities position themselves to profit from a new age of commercial space travel and transport, but the industry is still in its infancy.
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Moody's said the ongoing wave of mergers sweeping the non-profit health care sector led to an uptick in upgrades during the third quarter and could reverse earlier expectations that downgrades would outpace upgrades for the full year.
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Table as of: 10/23/2012 13:29 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
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The municipal market can expect another middling week of new issuance. Estimates hold that anticipated volume for the week should reach $7.64 billion.
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Standard & Poor's downgraded local and state governments more than it upgraded them in the third quarter 2012, but did the opposite with public utilities.
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Airports will continue to remain at risk for credit downgrades until passenger enplanements reach consistent growth of 3%, far above the flat-to-negative trajectory Moody's Investors Service expects.
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Municipal bond mutual funds saw inflows for the 27th consecutive week. Funds that report their flows weekly recorded inflows of $621 million for the week ended Oct. 17.
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