Public finance

ARKANSASPine Bluff School District No. 3 of Jefferson CountyOct 5, 2010 . . . . . . $30,665,000

ARIZONAMerrill Ranch Community Facilities District No. 1Oct 5, 2010 . . . . . . $290,500

ARKANSASMagnet Cove School District No. 8 of Hot Spring CountyOct 4, 2010 . . . . . . $3,465,000

CONNECTICUTConnecticut Housing Finance AuthorityOct 1, 2010 . . . . . . $75,880,000

ALABAMAAnniston Water Works and Sewer BoardOct 1, 2010 . . . . . . $7,080,000

Table as of: 10/01/2010 15:33 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval

The first full week of the fourth quarter gets underway with $13.13 billion of new, long-term volume, which is expected to continue to re-energize a thin and sleepy primary market, according to Ipreo LLC and The Bond Buyer.

The flow of new cash into municipal bond mutual funds continued to recede last week as investors began to rediscover their appetite for risk.

CALIFORNIALos Gatos Union School DistrictSep 30, 2010 . . . . . . $28,190,000

ARKANSASArkansas Development Finance AuthoritySep 30, 2010 . . . . . . $4,140,000

Nearly all The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes rose slightly as an influx of new-issue supply weighed on municipals.

CHICAGO — The continuing-care retirement community sector is starting to show signs of stabilization after suffering through two years of hardship, according to credit analysts.

Tax-exempt money market funds experienced significant outflows during the week ending Sept. 27, virtually mirroring the previous reporting period, as $2.73 billion fled the market, leaving the funds with $331.62 billion in total net assets, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

Table as of: 09/29/2010 15:42 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval

ARKANSASGuy-Perkins School District No. 34 of Faulkner CountySep 29, 2010 . . . . . . $2,810,000

ARIZONAArizona Transportation BoardSep 28, 2010 . . . . . . $180,000,000

CHICAGO — Municipal investors shouldn’t automatically shun an issuer’s debt due to a severe unfunded pension obligation without a more in-depth review that includes an issuer’s ability to address the liability, Nuveen Investments suggests in a new report on state and local pensions for investors.

Municipal issuers that are more likely to have trouble renewing bank guarantees supporting floating-rate debt face greater scrutiny from Moody’s Investors ­Service, the rating agency said in a report Wednesday.

The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Wednesday released a report arguing that higher interest rates on taxable bonds issued by Illinois and California indicate they are more likely than other states to default on their debts.

Table as of: 09/28/2010 16:22 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval