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Municipal bond traders were awaiting the last of the week's new issues come to market in the primary while keeping an eye on rising yields in the secondary.
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Moody's Investors Service said it upgraded Mansfield, Ohio's general obligation limited tax rating to A3 from Baa1.
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May. 7, 2015 Southeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alabama Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.2 1.41 2.28 3.23 Florida Aa1/AAA/AAA 0.25 1.48 2.32 3.3 Georgia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.2 1.36 2.18 3.13 Kentucky Aa2/AA+/AA+ 0.24 1.5 2.38 3.35 Louisiana Aa2/AA/AA 0.25 1.56 2.45 3.43 Mississippi Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.24 1.49 2.38 3.31 North Carolina Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.2 1.36 2.18 3.13 South Carolina Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.2 1.38 2.21 3.16 Tennessee Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.2 1.38 2.21 3.15 Virginia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.2 1.36 2.18 3.13 West Virginia Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.24 1.45 2.31 3.28
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5/6/2015 4/29/2015 State Iss Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Alabama 3 $85,220 1 $6,905 78,315 Florida 11 1,407,245 9 941,020 466,225 Georgia 4 237,025 0 0 237,025 Kentucky 3 40,290 6 60,295 ?20,005 Louisiana 5 469,770 5 396,380 73,390 Mississippi 0 0 1 1,300 ?1,300 North Carolina 1 50,000 2 59,730 ?9,730 South Carolina 4 157,650 5 281,790 ?124,140 Tennessee 4 29,965 8 337,215 ?307,250 Virginia 4 531,880 5 599,305 ?67,425 West Virginia 0 0 5 81,825 ?81,825
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With the oil and gas sectors slowing, Texas saw sales tax revenues were up a modest year-over-year 1.1% in April, according to state Comptroller Glenn Hegar.
May 6
- California
The Californias Legislative Analysts Office released a review of the state sales tax May 6
May 6
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Californias states personal income and corporate tax receipts for April were a combined $1.8 billion above projections for the month, according to information released by the Franchise Tax Board.
May 6 - New York
New York Citys economy avoided the first-quarter stall that has the national economy in four of the past six years, said Comptroller Scott Stringer.
May 6 - Pennsylvania
Colwyn is the 29th municipality to enroll in Pennsylvanias distressed communities workout program known commonly as Act 47.
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The state of Louisiana defied the naysayers and sold $335 million of municipal bonds in the primary market on Wednesday. The sale took place successfully despite questions surrounding the state's projected $1.6 billion deficit for fiscal 2016In the secondary, prices of top-rated municipal bonds closed lower.
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it lowered its rating on Williamson, Jackson, and Franklin Counties Community Unit School District (CUSD) No. 4 (Herrin), Ill.'s outstanding general obligation bonds to A-minus from A.
May 6 - Illinois
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner called on Chicago City Council members to get behind pieces of his turnaround agenda if they want his backing for their legislative want list.
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Our recently released proprietary DIVER Geo Score rank the strongest and weakest States, and show the Garden State, which once had one of the strongest state economies in the nation, has lagged.
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