Public finance

KANSASOgden (City)Jul 16, 2008 . . . . . . $981,000

As the municipal market closes the books on July, which saw $30.51 billion of long-term volume, issuers in New York, California, and New Jersey will usher in August with three of this week's largest deals as part of an estimated $4.65 billion of new-issue volume - noticeably less than last week's revised $6.56 billion total, according to Thomson Reuters.

Weekly reporting municipal bond mutual funds had a net inflow of $255 million during the period ending July 30, AMG Data Services reported.

CALIFORNIAABAG Finance Authority For Nonprofit CorporationsJul 30, 2008 . . . . . . $22,710,000

CALIFORNIAHayward Unified School DistrictJul 31, 2008 . . . . . . $100,000,000

Most of The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes declined this week, as tax-exempts posted gains in most of the week's sessions, riding the coattails of a strengthening Treasury market.

Although tax-exempt funds lost significantly less than last week, they still suffered another week of outflows, losing $482.3 million for the week ending July 28, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com of Westborough, Mass.

Amid ongoing market volatility and continued pressure from the credit crisis, a total of $30.51 billion in long-term debt was sold during the month of July, making it the third weakest month so far in 2008, according to Thomson Reuters.

CALIFORNIACalifornia Health Facilities Financing AuthorityJul 29, 2008 . . . . . . $99,020,000

ARKANSASScranton School District No. 22 of Logan CountyJul 30, 2008 . . . . . . $1,440,000

ARKANSASPulaski County Public Facilities BoardJul 22, 2008 . . . . . . $5,500,000

ARIZONAGreater Arizona Development AuthorityJul 29, 2008 . . . . . . $14,780,000

CALIFORNIABanning Unified School DistrictJul 9, 2008 . . . . . . $23,999,288

ILLINOISMontgomery VillageJul 28, 2008 . . . . . . $2,000,000

WASHINGTON — An effort to increase the use of covered bonds by mortgage lenders as an alternative to securitization got a concerted push Monday from regulators and the nation's biggest financial institutions.

ALABAMAOrange Beach Industrial Development BoardJul 17, 2008 . . . . . . $8,000,000

MASSACHUSETTSChatham (Town)Jul 10, 2008 . . . . . . $713,000

Weekly reporting municipal bond mutual funds had a net inflow of $509 million during the period ending July 23, AMG Data Services reported.

A nearly $2 billion taxable offering of revenue bonds for the Chicago Transit Authority may be priced in the new-issue market this week, leading an otherwise modest slate of deals as July comes to a close.

ALABAMAMobile (City)Jul 23, 2008 . . . . . . $91,390,000