​ ICI Releases FAQs on MMMFs, Shows Huge Weekly Money Fund Inflows. Click here for the Investment Company Institute'​s new "​Frequently Asked Questions About Money Market Mutual Funds". For the week ended August 22, money market mutual fund assets increased by an eye-​popping $​75.​35 billion, one of the largest weekly inflows ever, to a record $​2.​777 trillion. Paradoxically, money funds are benefiting from turmoil in the extendible asset-​backed commercial paper market and lower rates in the Treasury and overnight repo markets. YTD, money fund assets have increased by $​395.​1 billion, or 16.​6%. Over 52 weeks, assets have increased by a stunning $​564 billion, or 25.​5%. The vast majority of this week'​s gains occurred in Treasury and Government money funds, but Prime money market funds also saw inflows says ICI. Money fund $​1.​00 NAVs continue to be unharmed by the ABCP liquidity crunch, which shows signs of abating.

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