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Two sets of groups send letters to lawmakers urging them to preserve the tax exempt status of municipal bonds.
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Municipal market traders and investors will get a bump up in issuance next week, which they will more than welcome as demand has been strong for weeks with little issuance to show for it.
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Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said that his government had agreed to a five day extension of the agreement with Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority creditors.
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Municipal bond volume dropped 30% in March and finished under $30 billion, as political and interest rate concerns kept issuers out of the market.
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Bond lawyers have drafted several versions of issue price certificates that can be used under rules taking effect on June 7.
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Clark County, Nev. and Oakland face manageable credit risk from the National Football Leagues Raiders proposed move to Nevada.
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On the heels of a late 2016 credit upgrade, Hofstra University on Long Island is planning $61 million of bonding this year for a new academic building and refinancing old debt.
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Ohios $7.8 billion budget is awaiting action by Gov. John Kasich after legislative passage last week.
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Puerto Rico bondholders and bond insurers repeated a request to the Puerto Oversight Board to initiate immediate debt negotiations.
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Top-shelf municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, who were looking ahead to next week's $7.32 billion new issue slate.
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Officials say a new energy savings program could yield the struggling Philadelphia School District more than $300 million in new funding to chip away at $4.5 billion in deferred capital projects.
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The University of Michigan's final March consumer sentiment index reading was 96.9, compared to the preliminary March 97.6 and the final February 96.3, according to market sources.
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The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer crept to 57.7 in March from 57.4 in February, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.
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The municipal bond market was taking stock of this week's new issuance while looking ahead to next week. Most of the week's supply was placed to a warm reception, including the taxable and high-yield issues.
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The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business rose to 61.77 in February from 58.69 in February, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Friday.
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The Midwest Economy Index improved to 0.27 in February from 0.01 in January, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Friday.
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Mar. 31, 2017 Far West: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alaska Aa2/AA+/AA+ 0.96 1.86 2.68 3.51 California Aa3/AA/AA 0.87 1.69 2.52 3.31 Hawaii Aa1/AA+/AA 0.87 1.64 2.4 3.2 Idaho Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.86 1.65 2.41 3.2 Montana Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.86 1.63 2.4 3.2 Nevada Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.89 1.68 2.43 3.25 Oregon Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.88 1.6 2.32 3.13 Washington Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.88 1.65 2.44 3.27 Wyoming NR/AAA/NR 0.86 1.61 2.33 3.11
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3/30/2017 State Iss Amount ($000) Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000) Alaska 0 $0 0 $0 $0 California 25 1,994,050 24 641,950 1,352,100 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 0 0 1 71,850 71,850 Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 1 130,000 2 317,525 187,525 Wyoming 1 90,000 1 90,000 0
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