Minnesota

Moody's lowered Fairview Health Services by one notch to Baa1 and assigned a negative outlook, but a pending merger and expected sale of some facilities could help its bottom line.

Minnesota raised its surplus projections by $6 billion Tuesday and Wisconsin last month added $2.7 billion to its surplus.

The Nov. 8th ballot in Midwest states was crowded with bond, governance, and policy questions.

The merger talks between South Dakota-based Sanford Health and Minnesota-based Fairview Health are the not-for-profit sector's latest consolidation attempt.

The Minnesota municipal bond vet will continue his focus on charter school finance in Florida.

Seven states formed the Midwestern Hydrogen Coalition to collaborate on promoting hydrogen-based energy production, use and distribution.

The Minnesota Airports Commission is also in the bond market with a $386 million deal this week, followed by Chicago's $1.77 billion transaction next week.

The city takes competitive bids Wednesday on $124 million of GOs.

Several large new issues priced. Municipal yields were little changed, U.S. Treasuries were weaker on the short end and stocks ended in the red ahead of the much-anticipated July inflation figure.

Investors will be greeted Monday with an increase in supply with the new-issue calendar estimated at $5.941 billion, up from total sales of $1.700 billion.