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The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $65 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Consumer expectations were little changed in October, according to the Survey of Consumer Expectations, released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday.

Chicago Public Schools pulled the plug until 2017 on a $426 million bond sale originally planned this month, a decision that came as the district closed on a new cash flow borrowing.

Denver International Airport officials hope to land about $44 million of savings on a $250 million refunding issue this week. In its 21st year, DIA is rapidly paying down the debt used to build the nation's sixth busiest airport.

Municipal bond traders are returning to work after the long holiday weekend, ready to tackle a hefty $11.5 billion new issue slate.

Monday, November 14 Issuer St Description Amount

Monday, November 14 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of November 14 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of November 14 Issuer St Description Amount

CALIFORNIA

ALABAMA

Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Tuesday Empire State Manufacturing Oct.: -6.8 Nov. -0.2% Tuesday Import Prices Sept.: +0.1% Oct.: +0.3% Tuesday Export Prices Sept.: +0.3% Oct.: +0.2% Tuesday Retail Sales Sept.: +0.6% Oct.: +0.6% Tuesday ex-Autos Sept.: +0.5% Oct.: +0.4% Tuesday Business Inventories Aug.: +0.2% Sept.: +0.2% Wednesday PPI Sept.: +0.3% Oct.: +0.3% Wednesday PPI Core Sept.: +0.2% Oct.: +0.2% Wednesday Industrial Production Sept.: +0.1% Oct.: +0.2% Wednesday Capacity Utilization Sept.: 75.4 Oct.: 75.5 Wednesday NAHB Housing Index Oct.: 63 Nov.: 63 Thursday CPI Sept.: +0.3% Oct.: +0.3% Thursday CPI Core Sept.: +0.1% Oct.: +0.2% Thursday Initial Jobless Claims 11/5: 254,000 11/12: 259,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 10/29: 2.01M 11/5: n/a Thursday Housing Starts Sept.: 1.047M Oct.: 1.151M Thursday Building Permits Sept.: 1.225M Oct.: 1.200M Thursday Philly Fed Manufacturing Oct.: 9.7 Nov.: 8.0 Friday Leading Indicators Sept.: +0.2% Oct.: +0.1%

Nov. 14, 2016 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA-/AA- 0.88 1.66 2.48 3.33 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.68 1.17 1.85 2.68 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.7 1.25 1.98 2.8 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.68 1.19 1.89 2.69 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.71 1.26 2.04 2.88 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.7 1.22 1.9 2.78 New Jersey A2/A/A 1.03 1.84 2.56 3.37 New York Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.68 1.18 1.92 2.84 Pennsylvania Aa3/AA-/AA- 0.88 1.63 2.42 3.27 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.73 1.32 2.15 3.01 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.68 1.19 1.88 2.7 Dist. of Columbia Aa1/AA/AA 0.71 1.29 2.07 2.94 Puerto Rico Caa3/CC/CC 45.68 14.53 10.56 8.04

11/11/2016 11/4/2016 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 4 $205,780 0 $0 $205,780 Delaware 1 39,940 0 0 39,940 Maine 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 6 735,615 3 557,380 178,235 Massachusetts 8 482,185 1 56,150 426,035 New Hampshire 2 113,520 0 0 113,520 New Jersey 11 252,464 8 198,870 53,594 New York 19 1,356,164 6 79,607 1,276,557 Pennsylvania 16 654,725 8 236,760 417,965 Rhode Island 1 40,000 1 40,000 0 Vermont 2 73,000 0 0 73,000 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 1 750,000 1 750,000 0

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking a $450,000 civil penalty against former Miami budget director Michael Boudreaux, who refused to reach a settlement after a jury found him guilty of securities fraud.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board is seeking comments on Gov. Alejandro García Padilla's proposed fiscal plan.

California's budget watchdog praised Los Angeles' bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games.

With austerity measures already in place and energy revenues showing little sign of rebounding, Wyoming's government is pushing to diversify the state's economy sooner rather than later.

The Bond Buyer this week announced the finalists for its 15th annual Deal of the Year Awards. These issuers were honored for Deal of the Year in eight categories, revealed online Nov. 7-11 in a series of posts at BondBuyer.com. Each category award winner is a finalist for the national Deal of the Year Award, which will be announced at a Dec. 1 ceremony at 583 Park Avenue in New York City and posted later that evening at BondBuyer.com.

Cook County, Ill., Board President Toni Preckwinkle cast the deciding vote on a sweetened beverage tax promoted as the best means to avert deep public safety and health spending cuts to close a budget gap.