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Just under half of likely voters in California favor approval of a $9 billion school bond measure, according to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California.

The Treasury Department sold $13 billion of inflation-indexed 10-year TIPs at a 0.052% high yield, an adjusted price of 101.115665, with a 1/8% coupon.

Top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, as the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York competitively sold over $1 billion of bonds.

Chicago will bolster its police ranks as part of a broader plan aimed at reining in a skyrocketing homicide rate that some believe threatens to undercut the city’s recent fiscal progress.

PFM Financial Advisors purchased Portland, Ore.-based advisory firm Western Financial Group, and hired all of its members.

Hawaii received one-notch upgrades from two rating agencies ahead of plans to price $675.58 million in general obligation bonds.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion one-year 10-month 0.174% floating rate notes on Sept. 28.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $28 billion seven-year notes on Sept. 28.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $40 billion 91-day bills and $36 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "increased moderately" in September, according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Initial Jobless Claims 9/10: 260,000 9/17: 263,000 9/17: 252,000 Continuing Claims 9/3: 2.149M 9/10: 2.140M 9/10: 2.113M Existing Home Sales July: 5.38M Aug.: 5.45M Aug.: 5.33M Leading Indicators July: +0.5% Aug.: unch Aug.: -0.2%

Miami City Manager Daniel Alfonso said the city has received a proposed settlement of the Securities and Exchange Commission's case, in which a jury found the city guilty of securities fraud last week.

Assured Guaranty Corp., a financial guaranty subsidiary of Assured Guaranty Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, has been assigned an insurance financial strength rating of AA, with a stable outlook, by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced capital investments to improve two key stations on the Long Island Rail Road's 40-mile spine between Jamaica and Ronkonkoma.

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators was down 0.2% in August following a revised 0.5% gain in July, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

Existing home sales declined 0.9% to a seasonally adjusted 5.33 million-unit rate in August from a downwardly revised 5.38 million sales pace the previous month, the National Association of Realtors announced Thursday.

Moody's revises Boston University's outlook to positive from stable while affirming the school's A1 rating.

Municipal bond traders are set to see the last of the week's big name issuers hit the market on Thursday, a day after the Federal Open Market Committee left the fed funds target rate unchanged in a move widely expected.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for August plunged to negative 0.55 from a downwardly revised positive 0.24 in July, first reported as positive 0.27, while the three-month moving average (CFNAI-MA3) narrowed to negative 0.07 from a revised negative 0.09 in July, first reported as negative 0.10 the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Thursday.

Sep. 22, 2016 Southeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alabama Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.76 1.1 1.69 2.46 Florida Aa1/AAA/AAA 0.75 1.12 1.69 2.45 Georgia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.72 1.04 1.57 2.32 Kentucky Aa2/A+/AA- 0.76 1.18 1.77 2.55 Louisiana Aa3/AA/AA 0.81 1.4 2.06 2.83 Mississippi Aa2/AA/AA 0.74 1.07 1.79 2.55 North Carolina Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.72 1.04 1.56 2.32 South Carolina Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.73 1.06 1.61 2.36 Tennessee Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.72 1.04 1.57 2.33 Virginia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.71 1.03 1.56 2.31 West Virginia Aa1/AA-/AA+ 0.75 1.16 1.73 2.46