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Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Tuesday Wholesale Inventories Nov.: -0.3% Dec.: -0.2% Tuesday Wholesale Sales Nov.: -1.0% Dec.: -0.3% Wednesday Treasury Budget Dec.: -$14.4B Jan.: n/a Thursday Initial Claims 1/30: 285,000 2/6: 280,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 1/23: 2.255M 1/30: 2.250M Friday Import Prices Dec.: -1.2% Jan.: -1.4% Friday Export Prices Dec.: -1.1% Jan.: -0.9% Friday Retail Sales Dec.: -0.1% Jan.: +0.1% Friday ex-Autos Dec.: -0.1% Jan.: unch Friday Business Inventories Nov.: -0.2% Dec.: +0.1% Friday Michigan Sentiment Jan.: 92.0 Feb.: 92.0 Friday Current Conditions Jan.: 106.4 Feb.: 105.0 Friday Expectations Jan.: 82.7 Feb.: 82.0

Government

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is pitching a 17-mile surface streetcar to run north-south through parts of Brooklyn and Queens and parallel to the East River.

Representatives for Puerto Rico on Friday said the cash-strapped commonwealth plans to pursue its recently proposed debt exchange with creditors holding tax-supported debt even if the territory eventually gets access to bankruptcy or some other type of restructuring process.

A judge granted Atlantic City a 45-day reprieve from the Borgata casino seizing city assets to collect $170 million in tax appeals it owes in hopes the two sides can come to a debt payment agreement.

Municipal bonds finished mostly unchanged on Friday, as traders prepared for a jolt of new issuance in the coming week.

The holders of $50 million in pension obligation bonds have reached a tentative agreement with San Bernardino in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

Wyoming's outlook was cut to negative from stable by Standard & Poor's as the highly-rated state struggles with budgetary pressure.

Consumer credit increased by $21.3 billion in December to $3.549 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

Jefferson County, Ala., faces another court test more than two years after its exit from bankruptcy was approved.

Congressional Republicans oppose President Obama’s proposal to fund a greener transportation system with a tax on oil.

Rating agencies affirmed a two-notch spread on Nevada's highway revenue bond ratings ahead of a $200M competitive sale.

Gov. Rick Snyder's restructuring plan for Detroit's public school district faces concern that fiscal help may come at the expense of other school districts.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.103 billion in January to a total of $216.827 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Thursday.

With a wild week in the rear view mirror, municipal market participants are eagerly anticipating a spike in weekly issuance.

Steven Paradise has joined Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP as a partner in the litigation group, focusing on securities-related cases.

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan is pitching a 10-year $3.7 billion transportation plan that thanks to federal assistance allows the state to tackle more infrastructure needs.

The primary market had it all this week, including a deal that didn't happen and shouldn't have been expected, but was only after it was "accidently placed on the Dalcomp calendar" and another that came to market after getting pulled last week.