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The Treasury Department sold $13 billion of inflation-indexed 9-year 10-month TIPs at a 0.200% high yield, an adjusted price of 99.164241, with a 1/4% coupon.

Issuers in Colorado and Nevada separately disclosed this week that the Internal Revenue Service is conducting routine audits of bonds they issued in 2006.

Prices on top-shelf municipal bonds continued to strengthen, traders said, as yields on some maturities dropped by as much as nine basis points by mid-session.

The chief financial officer of Ohio State University, who helped craft the university's first-of-its-kind lease of its parking system, is leaving the university to take a job at the Australian company that is leasing the parking system.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it raised its underlying rating on Duneland School Corp., Ind.'s outstanding debt to AA-minus from A-plus.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion one-year 10-month 0.084% floating rate notes on Wednesday, March 25.

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, March 26.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it lowered its long-term rating to BB-plus from BBB-minus on the Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Ariz.'s series 2014 Pima project charter school revenue bonds issued on behalf of Noah Webster Basic Schools Inc. for its Noah Webster Schools-Pima project.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it lowered its long-term rating to BB from BB-plus on the Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Ariz.'s $17.9 million series 2014 education facility revenue bonds issued on behalf of multiple separate limited liability companies, of which the sole member of each is Edkey Inc.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Current Account Q3: -$98.9B Q4: -$100.3B Q4: -$113.5B Initial Jobless Claims 3/7: 291,000 3/14: 289,000 3/14: 292,000 Continuing Claims 2/28: 2.428M 3/7: 2,410M 3/7: 2,417M Philly Fed Manufacturing Feb.: 5.2 March: 7.4 March: 5.0 Leading Indicators Jan.: +0.2% Feb.: +0.3% Feb.: +0.2%

The region's manufacturing sector expanded at a slower pace in March, as the general business conditions index slipped to 5.0 from 5.2 in February, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators was up 0.2% in February following an unrevised 0.2% rise in January, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

The municipal bond market is taking the day to digest and reflect on both the week's new issue supply and the timing and breadth of the Federal Reserve's first move.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it raised its rating on Camden County Improvement Authority, N.J.'s series 2013A and 2014A bonds issued for Cooper Health System Obligated Group to BBB-plus from BBB.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named Tyron Lewis chair of the Texas Transportation Commission, the state's largest issuer of debt, replacing Ted Houghton.

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