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US CORPORATES: BA/ML corporate bond analysts noted "inflows across the board" as

"inflows to US funds and ETFs remained strong during this past week ending on

Oct. 25th. For stocks, inflows remained elevated at $9.76bn, although below

$11.85bn in the prior week. For bonds, inflows accelerated to $4.76bn from

$3.72bn as high grade inflows remained robust, outflows from high yield and

leveraged loans eased and flows for government bonds turned positive after three

weeks of outflows."

- They noted that the "high grade funds and ETFs inflow was $3.88bn, down from

$4.03bn the week before. Flows shifted more towards the front-end, as short-term

high grade inflows increased to $1.30bn from $0.41bn while outside of short-term

inflows declined to $2.85bn from $3.62bn."

- "Inflows to high grade funds increased to $2.46bn from $1.80bn, while inflows

to high grade ETFs declined to $1.42bn from $2.23b," they said.