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NEW YORK (AP) -- Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets rose $5.84 billion to $2.568 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell $940 million to $886.05 billion, the Washington-based mutual fund trade group said Thursday. Assets of taxable money market funds in the retail category rose $240 million to $698.38 billion. Tax-exempt retail fund assets fell $1.17 billion to $187.67 billion.

Meanwhile, assets of institutional money market funds rose $6.78 billion to $1.682 trillion. Among institutional funds, taxable money market fund assets rose $6.81 billion to $1.601 trillion. Assets of tax-exempt funds fell $30 million to $80.75 billion.

The seven-day average yield on money market mutual funds was unchanged from the previous week at 0.03 percent in the week that ended Tuesday, according to Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet in Westborough, Mass.

The 30-day average yield was also unchanged from last week at 0.03 percent. The seven-day compounded was flat at 0.03 percent. The 30-day compounded yield was also unchanged at 0.03 percent, Money Fund Report said.

The average maturity of portfolios held by money market mutual funds rose to 49 days from 48 days.

The online service Bankrate.com said its survey of 100 leading commercial banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks in the nation's 10 largest markets showed the annual percentage yield available on money market accounts remained at 0.12 percent.

The North Palm Beach, Fla.-based unit of Bankrate (NYSE: RATE  ) said the annual percentage yield available on interest-bearing checking accounts was flat from the week before at 0.05 percent.

Bankrate.com said the annual percentage yield on six-month certificates of deposit fell to 0.18 percent from 0.19 percent in the previous week. It was flat at 0.30 percent on one-year CDs and flat at 0.47 percent on two-year CDs. It was also unchanged at 0.45 percent on two-and-a-half-year CDs. It fell to 0.96 percent from 0.97 percent on five-year CDs.

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