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It marked the 40th straight week of positive flows into the long-term funds and brought the total inflows for this year near $82 billion. Exchanged-traded funds saw $168M of inflows.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to its money market fund rules, which it has tinkered with repeatedly since the Great Recession.

The $2.5 trillion increase is expected to get the U.S. through 2023.

Triple-A yield curves were unchanged on the day and mostly have not budged but a basis point in spots since the end of November.

Most states with remaining balances totaling $39.3 billion want more time to enact a plan to repay the loans taken out to manage pandemic-driven job claims. Interest began accruing in September.

A group of leading automakers want the feds to require states to invest in the fastest EV chargers available.

The defendants are raising questions about due process and the definition of fee-splitting arrangements.

Coming off last week's $19.5 million influx of weekly new issues, supply this week is lower as the market watches the Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Following the departure of Devin Nunes as the top Republican slated to succeed the retiring Kevin Brady on the Ways and Means Committee, several Republicans have begun campaigning for the top spot, which could hold considerable influence over the municipal bond industry if Republicans take the House in 2022.

County executives said they need to protect against flooding, sea level rise, erosion and other climate change-related damage.