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The Treasury Department said it will auction $15 billion two-year floating rate notes on Wednesday, July 29.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $24 billion 91-day bills and $24 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $29 billion seven-year notes on Thursday, July 30.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "declined again in July but less so than in previous months," according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it raised its long-term rating one notch to AA from AA-minus on Petoskey Building Authority, Mich.'s general obligation bonds issued for the city of Petoskey.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio shelved a plan to restrict the expansion of tech-oriented car service Uber pending a traffic-impact study.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Initial Jobless Claims 7/11: 281,000 7/18: 280,000 7/18: 255,000 Continuing Claims 7/4: 2.216M 7/11: 2.225M 7/11: 2.207M

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators was up 0.6% in June following a revised 0.8% rise in May, first reported as a 0.7% gain, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

With Pennsylvania three weeks into fiscal 2016 and still no budget approved, municipal analysts say the content of the spending plan is more important than the timeliness.

The municipal bond market on Thursday was waiting on the last big deal of the week — the institutional pricing of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's transportation revenue refunding bond deal.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for June gained to positive 0.08 from a revised negative 0.08 reading in May, while the three-month moving average (CFNAI-MA3) climbed to negative 0.01 from a revised negative 0.07 in May, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Thursday.

Jul. 23, 2015 Southeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alabama Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.28 1.33 2.34 3.34 Florida Aa1/AAA/AAA 0.31 1.35 2.39 3.4 Georgia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.28 1.28 2.27 3.23 Kentucky Aa2/AA+/AA+ 0.32 1.42 2.47 3.46 Louisiana Aa2/AA/AA 0.41 1.66 2.76 3.72 Mississippi Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.32 1.41 2.49 3.46 North Carolina Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.28 1.28 2.27 3.24 South Carolina Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.28 1.3 2.3 3.27 Tennessee Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.28 1.29 2.3 3.26 Virginia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.27 1.27 2.26 3.23 West Virginia Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.32 1.35 2.4 3.39

7/22/2015 7/15/2015 State Iss Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Alabama 3 $201,115 2 $30,405 170,710 Florida 9 728,145 10 882,360 -154,215 Georgia 2 37,150 3 104,940 -67,790 Kentucky 3 7,350 1 1,713 5,637 Louisiana 4 202,330 4 474,525 -272,195 Mississippi 4 49,000 1 1,500 47,500 North Carolina 0 0 1 477,530 -477,530 South Carolina 1 7,660 1 147,835 -140,175 Tennessee 4 263,815 3 357,060 -93,245 Virginia 5 158,925 6 126,190 32,735 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0

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The Chicago Board of Education authorized $1.16 billion of borrowing to pay for ongoing capital projects, to cancel swaps, and refund debt for budget relief.