Public finance

KANSASHays (City)Aug 28, 2008 . . . . . . $1,230,000

Weekly reporting municipal bond mutual funds had a net inflow of $432 million during the period ending Aug. 27, AMG Data Services reported.

A Massachusetts general obligation offering and a $1.8 billion New Jersey tax and revenue anticipation note sale will compete for investors' attention as the first two largest deals to be priced as the market bids farewell to summer and gets back to business after the Labor Day hiatus.

ARIZONAMcAllister Academic Village LLCAug 27, 2008 . . . . . . $145,180,000

ARKANSASViola School District No. 15 of Fulton CountyAug 28, 2008 . . . . . . $3,350,000

CHICAGO -Capital spending is expected to remain heavy across the nonprofit health care sector amid mounting financial pressures and the fallout from the collapsed auction-rate securities market, according to a pair of reports released this week by Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's.

Most of The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes rose this week, as municipals weakened in most of the week's sessions, which saw light activity ahead of a long weekend.

Tax-exempt money market funds suffered outflows of $7.81 billion and slipped below the previous week's record high asset growth during the week ending Aug. 25, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com of Westborough, Mass.

ALABAMARussellville Water Works and Sewer BoardAug 8, 2008 . . . . . . $9,990,000

ALABAMAAlabama Housing Finance AuthorityAug 27, 2008 . . . . . . $30,000,000

ALABAMAAuburn UniversityAug 21, 2008 . . . . . . $92,500,000

ARIZONAFlagstaff Unified School District No. 1Aug 26, 2008 . . . . . . $20,000,000

ALABAMAHeflin Industrial Development BoardAug 6, 2008 . . . . . . $2,000,000

IOWAVan Meter (City)Aug 25, 2008 . . . . . . $550,000

ARIZONAArizona Health Facilities AuthorityAug 21, 2008 . . . . . . $917,860,000

The primary market will see a skimpy sampling of moderately sized deals this week as new-issue volume dips to $3.09 billion, according to Thomson Reuters, and the municipal market slows to a snail's pace in the last full week of trading activity before the Labor Day hiatus.

Weekly reporting municipal bond mutual funds had a net inflow of $338 million during the period ending Aug. 20, AMG Data Services reported.

ARIZONAHigley Unified School District No. 60Aug 20, 2008 . . . . . . $15,315,000

CALIFORNIAKern County Board of EducationAug 21, 2008 . . . . . . $5,000,000

Tax-free money market funds gained inflows of just $1.30 billion during the week ending Aug. 18, but that didn't stop the asset class from setting a record for total assets for the third week in a row, increasing to $528.36 billion, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com of Westborough, Mass.