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Week Of October 31 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of October 31 Issuer St Description Amount

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Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Monday Personal Income Aug.: +0.2% Sept.: +0.4% Monday Consumption Aug.: unch Sept.: +0.5% Monday Core PCE Price Index Aug.: +0.2% Sept.: +0.1% Monday Chicago PMI Sept.: 54.2 Oct.: 54.0 Tuesday Construction Spending Aug.: -0.7% Sept.: +0.5% Tuesday ISM Manufacturing PMI Sept.: 51.5 Oct.: 51.7 Wednesday ADP Sept.: +154,000 Oct.: +165,000 Thursday Initial Claims 10/22: 258,000 10/29: 260,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 10/15: 2.039M 10/22: 2.050M Thursday Productivity Q2: -0.6% Q3: +1.7% Thursday Unit Labor Costs Q2: +4.3% Q3: +1.4% Thursday Factory Orders Aug.: +0.2% Sept.: +0.2% Thursday ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI Sept.: 57.1 Oct.: 56.0 Friday Nonfarm Payrolls Sept.: +156,000 Oct.: +175,000 Friday Private Payrolls Sept.: +167,000 Oct.: +167,000 Friday Manufacturing Payrolls Sept.: -13,000 Oct.: -5,000 Friday Unemployment Rate Sept.: 5.0% Oct.: 4.9% Friday Avg Hourly Earnings Sept.: +0.2% Oct.: +0.3% Friday Avg Work Week Sept.: 34.4 Oct.: 34.4 Friday International Trade Aug.: -$40.7B Sept.: -$38.6B

Oct. 31, 2016 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA-/AA- 0.9 1.59 2.43 3.25 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.7 1.13 1.75 2.59 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.72 1.21 1.88 2.71 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.7 1.15 1.79 2.6 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.73 1.25 1.93 2.8 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.72 1.18 1.8 2.69 New Jersey A2/A/A 1.05 1.77 2.46 3.28 New York Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.7 1.14 1.82 2.75 Pennsylvania Aa3/AA-/AA- 0.9 1.59 2.31 3.18 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.75 1.33 2.08 2.95 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.7 1.15 1.78 2.61 Dist. of Columbia Aa1/AA/AA 0.73 1.25 1.96 2.84 Puerto Rico Caa3/CC/CC 45.7 16.64 11.61 8.55

10/28/2016 10/21/2016 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 4 $231,040 4 $203,475 $27,565 Delaware 1 8,195 0 0 8,195 Maine 2 48,020 1 5,400 42,620 Maryland 2 42,650 5 887,140 -844,490 Massachusetts 0 0 3 161,048 -161,048 New Hampshire 1 147,190 3 231,515 -84,325 New Jersey 5 118,755 7 2,863,160 -2,744,405 New York 19 1,374,037 13 271,727 1,102,310 Pennsylvania 13 416,525 15 405,080 11,445 Rhode Island 1 40,000 2 46,100 -6,100 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 1 750,000 1 750,000 0

Two federal judges who helped navigate Detroit’s historic bankruptcy will join a Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone principal to launch a downtown Detroit office of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services.

Hillary Clinton’s tax plan would benefit munis more than that of Donald Trump’s due to its proposed bump in individual income taxes, according to a recent analysis by Neuberger Berman.

Government

Michigan’s Muskegon Heights School District is ready to transition out of emergency management after shaving nearly $10 million of its deficit in the four years since it’s been under state oversight.

The U.S. Virgin Islands Senate and governor are struggling over what form a planned speculative grade bond should take.

Two decisions in recent days pave the way forward for lawsuits against the state of Michigan and its officials over Flint’s water contamination crisis.

Muni issuance is set for a return to a more comfortable level after two of the biggest weeks of the year.

The agency in charge of Honolulu's multi-billion dollar elevated rail transit system has named a new interim executive director.

Public finance veteran Steve Juarez was appointed deputy treasurer in charge of economic development programs and higher education policy today by California Treasurer John Chiang.

Stand-alone Chicago-based Swedish Covenant Hospital was affirmed by one rating agency and dropped one notch to BBB by another ahead of its $120 million new money and refunding sale.

Donald Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan relies on tax credits to attract private funding.

The board of New York’s MTA approved measures intended to advance open-road electronic tolling at the authority’s crossings.

Alaska is unlikely to find another good opportunity to issue pension obligation bonds soon after the last-minute halt of a more than $2 billion sale several days ago, the state’s debt manager said.