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Interest rates the district will pay on a recent $600 million deal are lower than it paid in its previous bond deal a year and a half ago.

The new wave of bond issuance continued unabated as more sales priced on Wednesday.

llinois paper is looking more attractive when held up to Chicago city and Chicago Public Schools bonds, Citi analysts write.

Wisconsin will refund $622 million of taxable 2008 bonds in a sale that sheds swaps tied to Libor.

Most of the proceeds will refinance direct placement debt with bonds sold in the public markets.

Massachusetts also came to market with a $1.4 billion sale of revenue anticipation notes in three offerings.

The U.S. economy is sending mixed signals about the pace of growth going forward, said Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is in the ninth year of a 15-year, $14 billion capital program.

Improving the capital city's system could generate tax-base growth and economic activity, according to Moody's Investors Service.

No pension obligation bonds, scoop-and-toss, or backtracking on borrowing for operations are planned in the Chicago mayor’s budget fix.