US money market funds see big inflows amid debt ceiling caution

  • 📰 Reuters
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 22 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 97%

Malaysia News News

Malaysia Malaysia Latest News,Malaysia Malaysia Headlines

U.S. money market funds saw big inflows in the week to May 24 as investors favored safer bets ahead of a deadline for politicians to agree an increase in the country's debt ceiling.

According to Refinitiv Lipper data, U.S. money market funds received a net $39.9 billion of inflows, the biggest week of net buying in four weeks.U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy are closing in on a deal to raise the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling for two years, a U.S. official told Reuters, but time is running short.it will run out of funds within a week, and legislating any deal will take that down to the wire.Investors sold $1.

equity value funds and $703 million from growth funds, respectively.Meanwhile, sectoral equity funds remained in demand as they drew a net $335 million worth of inflows. Tech and consumer discretionary sectors received a net $420 million and $289 million, respectively.On the other hand, U.S. bond funds attracted a fourth week of inflows, worth about $4.22 billion.U.S. corporate and high yield funds also drew $1.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 2. in MY

Malaysia Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Malaysia Headlines