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Moody's Investors Service said it has downgraded to Baa1 from A3 the underlying rating on New Boston Local School District, Ohio's outstanding general obligation unlimited tax debt.
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Prices of top-shelf municipal bonds were higher across the board at mid-session, traders said, as the market once again awaits hefty upcoming new issuance.
July 31
- Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Public Finance Corp. may miss a $58 million bond payment due Monday, in what could be the first volley in the biggest municipal default in history.
July 31
- New York
As the Long Island Power Authority seeks to lower its debt costs, a never-opened nuclear power plant built by the utility's predecessor in the 1980s remains an albatross.
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The University of Michigan's final July consumer sentiment index reading was 93.1, compared to the preliminary July 93.3, the final June 96.1, and the preliminary June 94.6, according to market sources.
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The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer rose to 54.7 in July from 49.4 in June, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.
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Municipal bond traders on Friday were looking ahead to next week's new issue calendar, as muni yields were closing out the week mixed.
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The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business climbed to 47.1 in June from 46.6 in June, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Friday.
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The Midwest Economy Index slipped to negative 0.02 in June from an upwardly revised positive 0.20 in May, first reported as positive 0.17, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Friday.
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Jul. 31, 2015 Far West: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alaska Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.27 1.33 2.31 3.24 California Aa3/A/A 0.27 1.35 2.44 3.43 Hawaii Aa2/AA/AA 0.31 1.41 2.42 3.37 Idaho Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.27 1.39 2.41 3.35 Montana Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.27 1.38 2.42 3.37 Nevada Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.33 1.47 2.47 3.44 Oregon Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.27 1.32 2.32 3.28 Washington Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.3 1.4 2.46 3.45 Wyoming NR/AAA/NR 0.27 1.37 2.33 3.26
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7/30/2015 7/23/2015 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000) Alaska 0 $0 0 $0 $0 California 18 579,890 20 779,789 -199,899 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 0 0 3 21,640 -21,640 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon 2 55,410 1 65,000 -9,590 Washington 14 2,928,330 6 972,000 1,956,330 Wyoming 6 228,340 0 0 228,340
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Municipal bond funds suffered a reverse and saw outflows in the latest week, according to the latest Lipper data. Funds which report weekly saw $73.372 million of outflows in the week ended July 29, after seeing inflows of $125.410 million in the previous week. The prior weeks inflows were the first time in 12 weeks the funds had seen a cash infusion.
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The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, decreased four basis points to 4.40% for the week ended July 30 from 4.44% in the previous week.
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