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The municipal bond market expects another reasonably healthy week of new issuance. The Massachusetts Building Authority leads the charge with an expected pricing of $750 million of sales tax refunding bonds.
June 15 -
Jim Swanson, chief investment strategist at MFS Investment Management, shared his views on the muni market in 2012's second half, legislative issues affecting the market, overall volume and his prognosis on mutual fund flows and performance.
June 15 -
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Table as of: 06/14/2012 16:14 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
June 15 -
Municipal bond mutual funds continued their hot streak. As the market saw modest firming on the week, muni bond funds saw inflows for a ninth consecutive week.
June 14 -
The municipal bond market emerged from a week of heavy issuance somewhat stronger past the front end of the yield curve.
June 14
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Tax-exempt money market funds gave up the inflows they accumulated last week — and then some — when they lost $1.45 billion and total net assets dropped to $272.20 billion in the week ended June 11, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
June 14 -
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Despite Treasury outperformance and cheap ratios to municipal bonds, crossover buyers are keeping their distance from the tax-exempt market.
June 13 -
Executives from Fitch Ratings responded to issuer concerns, saying their agency does not require municipal bond issuers to sign indemnity agreements releasing Fitch from liabilities resulting from ratings.
June 13
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Fitch Ratings has downgraded more than a dozen tender-option bond issues and variable-rate demand obligations.
June 13 -
WASHINGTON — The push for Congress to pass long-term highway funding legislation is reaching a fever pitch two weeks before the current law expires, as Sen. Barbara Boxer led a rally Wednesday urging approval of her two-year transportation bill in time to avoid another extension.
June 13 -
Table as of: 06/12/2012 09:51 AM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
June 13 -
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States' fiscal conditions are improving and, despite ongoing uncertainties, many of them can be expected to maintain good credit ratings and to try to lock in low interest rates with additional bond financings, officials of two groups said Tuesday.
June 12
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Municipal bond exchange-traded funds have enjoyed rapid growth since their introduction in September 2007.
June 12
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