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Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual CPI Aug.: +0.2% Sept.: +0.3% Sept.: +0.3% CPI Core Aug.: +0.3% Sept.: +0.2% Sept.: +0.1% NAHB Housing Index Sept.: 65 Oct.: 63 Oct.: 63

Oct. 19, 2016 Midwest: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Illinois Baa2/BBB/BBB+ 1.58 2.93 3.71 4.51 Indiana Aaa/AAA/AA+ 0.78 1.19 1.85 2.68 Iowa Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.78 1.18 1.85 2.68 Michigan Aa1/AA-/AA 0.82 1.25 1.93 2.78 Minnesota Aa1/AA+/AAA 0.79 1.16 1.78 2.56 Missouri Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.78 1.13 1.74 2.57 Nebraska NR/AAA/NR 0.78 1.21 1.9 2.76 North Dakota Aa1/AA+/NR 0.82 1.25 1.93 2.76 Ohio Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.8 1.21 1.88 2.72 South Dakota NR/AA+/AAA 0.8 1.21 1.93 2.78 Wisconsin Aa2/AA/AA 0.82 1.23 1.92 2.73

10/18/2016 10/11/2016 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000s) Illinois 16 $273,205 13 $1,472,930 -$1,199,725 Indiana 17 226,995 16 345,025 -118,030 Iowa 9 268,970 8 80,250 188,720 Michigan 10 444,865 10 1,329,910 -885,045 Minnesota 45 560,170 37 408,525 151,645 Missouri 6 43,180 6 54,215 -11,035 Nebraska 2 169,890 1 19,375 150,515 North Dakota 1 43,970 5 14,930 29,040 Ohio 16 301,005 9 103,940 197,065 South Dakota 1 19,970 2 74,370 -54,400 Wisconsin 15 141,385 17 81,160 60,225

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The Puerto Rico Oversight Board directed six of the island’s public entities to develop and present fiscal plans.

Muni yields held steady as a surge of new issuance hit the market on Tuesday, with six deals of at least $500 million pricing from big name issuers in California, Connecticut, New York and Texas.

Chicago’s motor fuel bonds and a Transportation Infrastructure and Innovation Act loan fell a notch Tuesday as S&P Global Ratings’ moved the ratings down in tandem with its recent downgrade of the state’s general obligation rating.

The Transportation Department fast-tracked the Hudson Tunnel replacement portion of the $24 billion Gateway Program.

The city of Tamarac brings a small deal to market amid a heavy slate this week that officials believe is only the third public green bond offering from Florida.

Muni yields were flat around lunch time on Tuesday, according to traders as the primary market is off and running, as large deals from issuers in California, New York, Texas and Connecticut all hit screens.

Gloria Papiez will become acting director of the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, the state's primary financial regulator, on Nov. 1.

New Jersey’s 23-cent gas tax hike, and its offsetting tax cuts in other areas, will help the state’s current 2017 operating budget at the expense of raising budgetary pressure for 2018 and beyond, according to S&P Global Ratings.

The tax exemption of municipal bonds, issue price, political subdivisions and disclosure top the agenda of the National Association of Bond Lawyers for the coming year, according to Cliff Gerber, who becomes NABL president on Oct. 19.

The Illinois Finance Authority signed off on $800 million of borrowing plans by several Illinois-based not-for-profit health systems and a Chicago art museum joining the parade of issuers to hit the market this quarter with both new-money and refunding paper.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes was lower as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index fell to 63 in October from 65 in September.