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The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency issued a $14.6 million bond for affordable housing in Boston's Chinatown.

New York City's debt has spiked 228% since 1990, according to city Comptroller Scott Stringer's fiscal 2015 report on capital debt and obligations.

San Antonio is planning to issue more than $600 million of bonds this month and next for its water and electric utilities, with most of the proceeds going toward refunding.

Agencies in Arizona, California and Nevada are expected to agree on reduced consumption of water from Lake Mead as a 14-year drought continues to lower the reservoir toward a level that requires federal restrictions.

Strong Demand convinced the Los Angeles Community College District's finance team move ahead on plans to price a sizeable $1.4 billion in general obligation bonds this week.

In its only bond deal this year, Dallas expects to raise about $530 million for new money and refunding, including debt authorized for the Trinity River Corridor Project in 1998.

The Federal Reserve's Labor Market Conditions Index, a compilation of 19 labor market measures, fell to 2.9 in November from 3.9 in October.

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) gained to 123.24 in November from a downwardly revised 122.80 in October, and is up 6.1% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

Gross domestic product should grow 2.1% this year and 2.7% next year, while inflation , as measured by the consumer price index, should be 1.8% this year and 1.7% next, with the unemployment rate sliding to 5.6% by the end of 2015, according to participants in the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's annual Economic Symposium.

The municipal bond market looks ahead to almost $12 billion in new supply this week as the end of the year looms.

Gross domestic product is seen growing slightly more, while inflation will be tamer, and the forecast for the first rate hike from the Federal Reserve is seen coming later, according to the results of the National Association of Business Economists latest survey.

Dec. 8, 2014 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA/AA 0.18 1.34 2.37 3.3 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.14 1.15 2.05 2.96 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.15 1.19 2.14 3.08 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.14 1.15 2.06 2.98 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.16 1.22 2.2 3.15 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.14 1.21 2.18 3.1 New Jersey A1/A/A 0.26 1.6 2.61 3.58 New York Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.14 1.17 2.13 3.14 Pennsylvania Aa3/AA+/AA+ 0.16 1.33 2.35 3.28 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.18 1.32 2.39 3.31 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.14 1.16 2.08 3 Dist. of Columbia Aa2/AA/AA 0.16 1.27 2.28 3.24 Puerto Rico B2/BB/BB+ 7.79 9.15 9.01 7.48

12/5/2014 11/28/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 3 $55,845 3 $76,835 -$20,990 Delaware 1 31,210 0 0 31,210 Maine 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 4 234,795 3 58,200 176,595 Massachusetts 11 566,414 13 927,630 -361,216 New Hampshire 1 90,000 1 20,330 69,670 New Jersey 9 278,614 11 694,544 -415,930 New York 15 628,300 34 3,530,291 -2,901,991 Pennsylvania 9 177,200 22 1,434,905 -1,257,705 Rhode Island 1 593,655 2 608,655 -15,000 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0

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Monday, December 8 Issuer St Description Amount

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Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Tuesday Wholesale Inventories Sept.: +0.3% Oct.: +0.2% Tuesday Wholesale Sales Sept.: +0.2% Oct.: +0.1% Wednesday Treasury Budget Oct.: -$121.7B Nov.: -$75.0B Thursday Import Prices Oct.: -1.3% Nov.: -1.8% Thursday Initial Jobless Claims 11/29: 297,000 12/6: 296,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 11/22: 2.362M 11/29: 2.350M Thursday Retail Sales Oct.: +0.3% Nov.: +0.4% Thursday ex-Autos Oct.: +0.3% Nov.: +0.1% Thursday Business Inventories Sept.: +0.3% Oct.: +0.2% Friday PPI Oct.: +0.2% Nov.: -0.1% Friday PPI Core Oct.: +0.4% Nov.: -0.1% Friday Michigan Sentiment Nov.: 88.8 Dec.: 89.5 Friday Current Conditions Nov.: 102.7 Dec.: 101.4 Friday Expectations Nov.: 79.9 Dec.: 80.5