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An already-skimpy municipal market is expected to see volume levels plummet even further this week when a paltry $1.79 billion of new issuance trickles into the primary, according to Ipreo LLC and The Bond Buyer.
February 25 -
ILLINOISPlainfield Community Consolidated School District No 202Feb 24, 2011 . . . . . . $11,300,000
February 25 -
ALABAMAAlabama Board of EducationFeb 24, 2011 . . . . . . $4,745,000
February 25 -
Tax-exempt money market funds rose $1.14 billion to $325.79 billion in total net assets for the week ending Feb. 21, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
February 24 -
The recent bout of panic selling by investors in municipal bond funds reflects several factors, including headline risk due to predictions of widespread defaults, rising interest rates, the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts, and rallying equities.
February 24
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ILLINOISCook County School District No. 122Feb 23, 2011 . . . . . . $2,965,000
February 24 -
ALASKANorth Slope BoroughFeb 23, 2011 . . . . . . $33,020,000
February 24 -
Two state-specific municipal bond portfolios managed by BlackRock Inc. were slated to be closed to investors effective Wednesday, a day after the firm began liquidating the funds' investments, according to a Feb. 18 addendum to the funds' prospectuses.
February 23 -
For all the headlines about the budget woes of state and local governments, banks see them as good clients. Most market experts say there are plenty of investment-grade municipalities to court.
February 23
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CONNECTICUTSouthington (Town)Feb 22, 2011 . . . . . . $15,355,000
February 23 -
ILLINOISElmwood Community Unit School District No. 322Feb 17, 2011 . . . . . . $215,000
February 23 -
Business as usual, in a market where banks have been complacent about their seemingly safe municipal bond holdings, would be big mistake, experts say.
February 22
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KANSASOberlin (City)Feb 17, 2011 . . . . . . $4,473,000
February 22 -
ARIZONALitchfield Elementary School District No. 79Feb 17, 2011 . . . . . . $10,325,000
February 22 -
The tide of cash washing out of municipal bond mutual funds continued to ebb last week as more and more of the “hot money” that flooded the industry the last two years seems to have escaped by now.
February 18 -
Illinois’ $3.7 billion general obligation bond issue that was postponed last week will return to the calendar this week, the highlight of an otherwise bleak primary market.
February 18 -
IOWALewis Central Community School DistrictFeb 17, 2011 . . . . . . $4,755,000
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CALIFORNIAAromas-San Juan Unified School DistrictFeb 16, 2011 . . . . . . $1,999,078
February 18 -
Nearly all The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes declined this week as long-end yields fell with each passing session and prices strengthened, mostly on the back of a light primary market.
February 17
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After recouping recent losses last week, tax-exempt money market funds saw $1.75 billion slip away in the week ended Feb. 14.
February 17
