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Puerto Rico’s Treasury Department is hoping to gain up to $400 million a year in taxes by legalizing and taxing tens of thousands of illegal video lottery machines.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it raised its underlying rating to AA-minus from A-plus on Gibson County, Tenn.'s general obligation debt outstanding.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it raised its long-term rating on Holden, Mass.' general obligation debt one notch to AA-plus from AA.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it lowered its long-term rating to AA from AA-plus on the bonds issued by Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Ind., on behalf of Marion County Health & Hospital Corp.

With the labor force participation rate essentially unchanged from April to May at 62.9%, our survey shows significant local variation at State and county levels.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $35 billion of four-week bills at a 0.005% high yield, a price of 99.999611.

The New Jersey Supreme Court sided with Gov. Chris Christie in his effort to cut pension funding in a decision that could have negative long-term consequences, according to ratings analysts.

The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank reported $3.3 million in net cash flow savings on a $90 million bond pricing.

A Florida attorney who says his property will be devalued by a private passenger train wants to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging tax-exempt financing for the project.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Wholesale Inventories March: +0.2% April: +0.2% April: +0.4% Wholesale Sales March: -0.3% April: +0.5% April: +1.6%

Wholesale inventories increased 0.4% in April, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Wholesale sales surged 1.6%.

The municipal bond market is set on Tuesday for five competitive deals coming from the state of Georgia worth around $1.3 billion. Traders will be watching muni yields, which have recently been trending higher.

Small businesses were more optimistic in May as the National Federation of Independent Business' monthly Small Business Optimism index, published Tuesday, rose to 98.3 from 96.9 in April.

Tuesday, June 9 Issuer St Description Amount

Tuesday, June 9 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of June 8 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of June 8 Issuer St Description Amount

Jun. 9, 2015 Southwest: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Arizona Aa3/AA+/NR 0.37 1.71 2.66 3.64 Arkansas Aa1/AA/NR 0.32 1.61 2.5 3.46 Colorado Aa1/AA/NR 0.32 1.64 2.54 3.54 Kansas Aa1/AA+/NR 0.3 1.64 2.54 3.5 New Mexico Aaa/AA+/NR 0.3 1.59 2.45 3.43 Oklahoma Aa2/AA+/AA+ 0.34 1.67 2.56 3.54 Texas Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.35 1.66 2.51 3.49 Utah Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.3 1.53 2.36 3.32

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