Inflows into municipal market funds dropped this week by 41.7%.
Funds that report weekly said inflows fell to $443.9 million for the period ending Oct. 15, from $762.2 million the week before, according to Lipper FMI.
Inflows into high yield funds increased, however, growing to $340.6 million from $259.9 million.
July will see $35.2 billion of redemptions, down 13% month-over-month but still 35% higher than 2024's monthly average of $27 billion, said Pat Luby, head of municipal strategy at CreditSights.
After the west abutment on the Rapidan Dam partially failed last week, it's up to the Blue Earth County board of commissioners to pursue repair or removal.
The Contra Costa County Office of Education gave West Contra Costa Unified School District until July 17 to pass a budget, or have the county office step in.
"With a nonexistent new-issue calendar and heavy dealer balance sheets, we expect the muni market to get a bit 'grabby' over the next few weeks," AllianceBernstein strategists said.
The rating agency's new local government rating criteria led to the higher rating.
Another round of grants authorized in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is going out to 129 airports in 40 states.
