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Monday, May 4 Issuer St Description Amount

Monday, May 4 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of May 4 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of May 4 Issuer St Description Amount

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Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Monday Factory Orders Feb.: +0.2% March: +2.0% Tuesday International Trade Feb.: -$35.4B March: -$40.3B Tuesday ISM Non-Manufacturing March: 56.5 April: 56.5 Wednesday ADP Employment Report March: +189,000 April: +198,000 Wednesday Productivity Q4: -2.2% Q1: -2.0% Wednesday Unit Labor Costs Q4: +4.1% Q1: +4.0% Thursday Initial Jobless Claims 4/25: 262,000 5/2: 280,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 4/18: 2.253M 4/25: 2.285M Thursday Consumer Credit Feb.: +$15.5B March: +$16.0B Friday Nonfarm Payrolls March: +126,000 April: +213,000 Friday Private Payrolls March: +129,000 April: +215,000 Friday Unemployment Rate March: 5.5% April: 5.4% Friday Avg Hrly Earnings March: +0.3% April: +0.2% Friday Avg Work Week March: 34.5 April: 34.5 Friday Wholesale Inventories Feb.: +0.3% March: +0.3% Friday Wholesale Sales Feb.: -0.2% March: +0.5%

May. 4, 2015 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA/AA 0.25 1.6 2.49 3.43 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.19 1.29 2.1 3.03 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.21 1.34 2.2 3.15 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.2 1.32 2.13 3.05 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.22 1.38 2.28 3.23 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.2 1.34 2.23 3.13 New Jersey A1/A/A 0.42 2 3 3.91 New York Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.2 1.31 2.17 3.21 Pennsylvania Aa3/AA+/AA+ 0.25 1.67 2.56 3.53 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.27 1.5 2.42 3.39 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.2 1.31 2.17 3.08 Dist. of Columbia Aa1/AA/AA 0.25 1.43 2.33 3.3 Puerto Rico B2/BB/BB+ 8.2 10.3 9.72 8.25

5/1/2015 4/24/2015 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 5 $80,950 2 $27,610 $53,340 Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 Maine 3 25,475 2 68,215 ?42,740 Maryland 5 75,960 0 0 75,960 Massachusetts 12 534,692 3 90,174 444,518 New Hampshire 0 0 2 135,030 ?135,030 New Jersey 9 319,573 6 26,315 293,258 New York 8 381,135 13 299,343 81,792 Pennsylvania 13 625,325 12 247,325 378,000 Rhode Island 2 599,780 1 593,655 6,125 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0

Government

The New York City Pension Funds have taken steps to formally consider diversity in manager evaluation and selection, Comptroller Scott Stringer said.

An Oregon State Supreme Court ruling has overturned a significant element of pension reform, Standard & Poor’s said.

Antonio “Tony” Martini, the president of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, joined Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP on Friday as a partner in the firm’s Boston office.

Prices of top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Friday, according to traders, leaving yields on the week as much as four basis points higher.

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla, stung by the defeat of his plan to increase revenue with a value added tax, ridiculed the idea of defaulting on the island’s debt. At the same time, he called for talks with creditors.

Texas Rep. Joe Pickett’s bill that could provide more than $3 billion in general sales tax revenue to non-tolled highways won approval in the House.

Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the Las Vegas Valley Water District’s general obligation limited tax debt a notch to Aa1 ahead of a May bond issue.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority faced criticism from House Republicans Friday wondered if the broker-dealer self-regulator is too heavy-handed with small firms.

Forcing the Federal Reserve to follow operational mandates would inhibit its freedom to go out of the box during crises, according to Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President and CEO John C. Williams.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has raised its underlying rating on Volusia County School District, Fla.'s sales-tax revenue bonds to A-minus from BBB-plus.