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Monday, October 26 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of October 26 Issuer St Description Amount

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Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Monday New Home Sales Aug.: 552,000 Sept.: 550,000 Tuesday Durable Goods Aug.: -2.0% Sept.: -1.1% Tuesday Durable Goods ex Trans Aug.: unch Sept.: unch Tuesday Consumer Confidence Sept.: 103.0 Oct.: 102.9 Thursday GDP Q2: +3.9% Q3: +1.6% Thursday Final Sales Q2: +3.9% Q3: +2.8% Thursday Core PCE Q2: +1.9% Q3: +1.4% Thursday Initial Claims 10/17: 259,000 10/24: 263,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 10/10: 2.170M 10/17: 2.160M Thursday Pending Home Sales Aug.: -1.4% Sept.: +1.0% Friday Employment Cost Index Q2: +0.2% Q3: +0.6% Friday Personal Income Aug.: +0.3% Sept.: +0.2% Friday Consumption Aug.: +0.4% Sept.: +0.2% Friday Core PCE Prices Aug.: +0.1% Sept.: +0.2% Friday Chicago PMI Sept.: 48.7 Oct.: 49.0 Friday Michigan Sentiment Sept.: 87.2 Oct.: 92.5 Friday Current Conditions Sept.: 101.2 Oct.: 107.0 Friday Expectations Sept.: 78.2 Oct.: 83.1

Government

Municipal professionals, insurers and bondholders criticized the United States Treasury’s proposal for a “Super Chapter 9” bankruptcy bill for Puerto Rico as dangerous.

The Michigan Senate will begin reviewing the $1.2 billion transportation plan passed by the House the week of Oct. 26.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has advanced a plan to move toward replacing its aging Manhattan bus terminal.

St. Louis-based retail stalwart Edward Jones will drop its negotiated public finance underwriting business at the end of the year.

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has told Treasury Secretary Jack Lew that any debt in Puerto Rico that was issued in violation of the territory’s constitution “must be immediately set aside.”

Prices of top-rated municipal bond prices finished weaker on Friday, traders said, with yields from one to three basis points stronger.

Tennessee plans to price $416.3 million of top-rated general obligation bonds Tuesday, to get the deal done before the upcoming Fed meeting.

KentuckyWired, the state’s novel Internet project, won the Excellence in Development Finance Project Award from the Council of Development Finance Agencies.

The New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority’s decision to withdraw its request to settle under a special voluntary closing agreement program for student-loan bond issuers has paid off.

Congress will consider another short-term extension of federal highway funding as lawmakers seek a solution to a revenue shortfall.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said its ratings on $47.5 billion of tax-backed Puerto Rico (CC/Negative) debt are unchanged.

Rating agencies are continuing to treat municipal issuers unfairly even though federal law required that practice to stop, former California Treasurer Bill Lockyer said.

Municipal bond prices were weaker at mid-session, traders said, with yields strengthening by one to three basis points.