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4/8/2016 4/1/2016 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 1 $51,995 5 $430,630 -$378,635 Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 Maine 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 4 29,065 0 0 29,065 Massachusetts 5 579,195 3 547,535 31,660 New Hampshire 0 0 1 18,500 -18,500 New Jersey 6 115,057 10 140,632 -25,575 New York 16 1,049,648 10 364,849 684,799 Pennsylvania 9 133,315 15 339,435 -206,120 Rhode Island 3 49,265 0 0 49,265 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 1 750,000 1 750,000 0

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Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Tuesday Import Prices Feb.: -0.3% March: +1.0% Tuesday Export Prices Feb.: -0.4% March: -0.2% Tuesday Treasury Budget Feb.: -$192.6B March: -$104.0B Wednesday PPI Feb.: -0.2% March: +0.3% Wednesday PPI Core Feb.: unch March: +0.1% Wednesday Retail Sales Feb.: -0.1% March: +0.1% Wednesday ex-Autos Feb.: -0.4% March: +0.4% Wednesday Business Inventories Jan.: +0.1% Feb.: unch Thursday CPI Feb.: -0.2% March: +0.2% Thursday CPI Core Feb.: +0.3% March: +0.2% Thursday Initial Jobless Claims 4/2: 267,000 4/9: 269,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 3/26: 2.191M 4/2: 2.201M Friday Empire State Manufacturing March: 0.62 April: 2.2 Friday Industrial Production Feb: -0.5% March: unch Friday Capacity Utilization Feb.: 76.7% March: 75.4% Friday Michigan Sentiment March: 91.0 April: 91.9

Government

The Indiana Finance Authority’s $250 million 2014 private activity bond issue for the I-69 Section 5 project received a one-notch Fitch Ratings downgrade to BBB-minus.

Rainfall wasn’t enough to alleviate credit pressure on California water utilities, according to rating agencies.

The results of bond-related ballot measures in Missouri Tuesday offer mixed credit results, Moody’s Investors Service said.

Several prominent Puerto Rico politicians are working to exempt about 46% of the commonwealth’s debt from the debt payment moratorium signed Wednesday.

Idaho's recent increase in education funding should boost the credit quality of the state's schools, according to a Moody’s Investors Service report.

The Philadelphia Area Municipal Analyst Society will explore how the city’s academic medical centers can adapt to stay ahead of a rapidly evolving healthcare environment at the organization’s meeting next week.

Munis ended the week unchanged, according to traders. The calendar for the week ahead is relatively light and features issuers from Massachusetts, New York and California.

In the political pendulum that marks Illinois’ budget gridlock, the legislature’s Republican minority leaders are taking their turn with a proposal to fund human and social service programs.

Maryland Stadium Authority received an AA grade from Fitch Ratings for $320 million of Baltimore City Public Schools construction and revitalization program revenue bonds scheduled to be issued later this month.

Loma Linda University Medical Center received mixed messages from two rating agencies as it prepares what will be the municipal bond market’s largest junk rated deal of the year so far.

Douglass P. Selby will be the new head of public finance at Hunton & Williams, and John O’Neill will lead the public-private partnership practice group.