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Feb. 2, 2016 Southwest: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Arizona Aa3/AA+/NR 0.45 1.13 1.93 2.99 Arkansas Aa1/AA/NR 0.42 1.07 1.8 2.84 Colorado Aa1/AA/NR 0.42 1.11 1.89 2.97 Kansas Aa2/AA/NR 0.4 1.11 1.89 2.93 New Mexico Aaa/AA+/NR 0.4 1.05 1.8 2.87 Oklahoma Aa2/AA+/AA+ 0.44 1.13 1.91 2.97 Texas Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.42 1.08 1.85 2.93 Utah Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.4 0.99 1.7 2.75

2/1/2016 1/25/2016 State Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Arizona 5 $76,555 2 20,990 $55,565 Arkansas 1 9,205 1 22,995 -13,790 Colorado 1 10,830 2 39,605 -28,775 Kansas 10 151,110 7 111,820 39,290 New Mexico 4 42,930 4 88,710 -45,780 Oklahoma 12 79,115 7 7,480 71,635 Texas 30 1,369,356 31 1,030,388 338,968 Utah 4 129,175 1 10,755 118,420

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The junk-rated Chicago Board of Education plans to price its delayed deal as soon as this week amid headlines that include a fresh downgrade and possible progress on a new teachers' contract.

House Natural Resources Committee Chair Rob Bishop, R-Utah, said on Monday he believes the House can meet a March 31 deadline to have a responsible legislative package to help Puerto Rico as the commonwealth is negotiating with creditors on a new bond exchange proposal.

For the second consecutive week the largest scheduled deal has been pulled. JP Morgan confirmed to The Bond Buyer the $1.2 billion taxable deal from the Florida State Board of Administration scheduled for Thursday has been moved to next week.

Fiscal strains on Michigan could deepen as officials work to solve the Flint water contamination crisis, Standard & Poor’s said in a new report.

Chicago and the major airlines that operate at O’Hare International Airport have agreed to a $1.3 billion plan that paves the way for construction of a new runway that would complete the long-planned parallel reconfiguration of runways.

California city attorneys who also provide bond counsel services may not be paid based on a percentage of a city's bond issuances, according to a formal opinion from the office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris.

The $254.6 million of BANs were directly placed with JPMorgan at a cost of 0.52%, and will "bridge" the state through the next six or seven months, said Louisiana's financial advisor Renee Boicourt.

The Town of Oyster Bay, N.Y. is getting a cool reception from the municipal bond market after Moody's Investors Service withdrew its rating citing a lack of financial information.

San Diego Chargers owner Dean Spanos said he plans to double-down on efforts to build a stadium in San Diego, though he hasn’t closed the door on a move to Los Angeles.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will seek public comment on both how dealers should calculate the prevailing market price under its proposal requiring dealer disclosure of markups to retail customers and how it could get more issuers to disclose bank loans.

Banks in general tightened standards on commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans in the last quarter of 2015, while easing standards on household loans, according to the January 2016 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices, released by the Federal Reserve Monday.