News and Information from Bond Buyer

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.055% high rate, down from 0.075% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.260% high rate, down from 0.275% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $25 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The American College of Bond Counsel has elected officers and directors for the coming year.

Misinformation abounds as states move to protect general obligation debt with statutory liens.

Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein signs off on the state's second partial settlement in the 38 Studios lawsuit.

Monday, September 14 Issuer St Description Amount

Monday, September 14 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of September 14 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of September 14 Issuer St Description Amount

Sep. 14, 2015 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA/AA 0.3 1.72 2.72 3.7 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.23 1.41 2.22 3.19 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.24 1.51 2.32 3.3 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.23 1.46 2.28 3.2 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.26 1.51 2.41 3.4 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.24 1.49 2.32 3.32 New Jersey A1/A/A 0.58 2.3 3.28 4.15 New York Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.23 1.43 2.28 3.37 Pennsylvania Aa3/AA+/AA+ 0.43 1.87 2.82 3.78 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.31 1.67 2.68 3.65 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.23 1.43 2.28 3.23 Dist. of Columbia Aa1/AA/AA 0.27 1.54 2.42 3.45 Puerto Rico Caa3/CC/CC 10.23 11.42 10.78 8.25

9/11/2015 9/4/2015 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 3 80,420 4 $105,450 -$25,030 Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 Maine 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 1 49,365 0 0 49,365 Massachusetts 6 51,775 7 53,587 ?1,812 New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 3 27,455 4 27,773 ?318 New York 14 1,159,394 12 165,090 994,304 Pennsylvania 11 495,445 7 130,730 364,715 Rhode Island 0 0 2 47,325 ?47,325 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 1 97,745 1 97,745 0 Puerto Rico 1 750,000 1 750,000 0

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ALABAMA

Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Tuesday Empire State Manufacturing Aug.: -14.92 Sept.: -1.00 Tuesday Retail Sales July: +0.6% Aug.: +0.3% Tuesday ex-Autos July: +0.4% Aug.: +0.2% Tuesday Industrial Production July: +0.6% Aug.: -0.2% Tuesday Capacity Utilization July: 78.0 Aug.: 77.8 Tuesday Business Inventories June: +0.8% July: +0.1% Wednesday CPI July: +0.1% Aug.: unch Wednesday CPI Core July: +0.1% Aug.: +0.1% Wednesday NAHB Housing Index Aug.: 61 Sept.: 61 Thursday Current Account Q1: -$113.3B Q2: -$111.0B Thursday Initial Jobless Claims 9/5: 275,000 9/12: 275,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 8/29: 2.260M 9/5: 2.260M Thursday Housing Starts July: 1.206M Aug.: 1.180M Thursday Building Permits July: 1.130M Aug.: 1.160M Thursday Philly Fed Manufacturing Aug.: 8.3 Sept.: 6.0 Thursday Leading Indicators July: +0.6% Aug.: +0.2%

Government

Recent demise of several proposed public-private partnership projects indicate that P3 activity may slow down, S&P said.

A bill to give the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority more autonomy in public-private partnerships for highway projects could be affected by California’s transportation funding gridlock.

Wayne County, Mich. Executive Warren Evans on Sept. 10 issued his first order under the county’s newly inked consent agreement with the state.

Prices of top-quality municipal bonds finished steady on Friday, according to traders, after about $2.29 billion of new deals came to market during the shortened holiday trading week.

Port St. Lucie, Fla., has asked a judge to appoint a receiver for The Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, which plans to shut down Oct. 1, leaving the city on the hook for bond payments.