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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it lowered its long-term rating on Madison and Jersey Counties Community Unit School District No. 11 (Alton), Ill.'s existing general obligation (GO) school bonds to A from A-plus.
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Business inventories rose 0.2% to $1.752 trillion in August, while sales decreased 0.4% to $1.353 trillion, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
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The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "business activity grew modestly for New York manufacturers," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Wednesday although the "pace of growth slowed significantly," as the general business conditions index slumped from "a multiyear high" of 27.54 in September to 6.17 in October.
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Oct. 15, 2014 Midwest: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Illinois A3/A+/A+ 0.73 2.31 3.44 4.36 Indiana Aaa/AAA/AA+ 0.13 1.14 2.11 3.03 Iowa Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.13 1.15 2.11 3.03 Michigan Aa2/AA/AA 0.16 1.22 2.25 3.2 Minnesota Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.13 1.11 2.03 2.92 Missouri Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.13 1.09 2.02 2.94 Nebraska NR/AAA/NR 0.13 1.16 2.19 3.11 North Dakota Aa1/AA+/NR 0.14 1.17 2.17 3.09 Ohio Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.14 1.12 2.11 3.04 South Dakota NR/AA+/AA+ 0.14 1.19 2.21 3.14 Wisconsin Aa2/AA/AA 0.15 1.14 2.15 3.11
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10/14/2014 10/7/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000s) Illinois 19 $144,030 11 $84,980 $59,050 Indiana 5 17,890 9 58,765 -40,875 Iowa 2 27,650 1 24,560 3,090 Michigan 8 120,240 7 118,365 1,875 Minnesota 34 498,424 43 431,715 66,709 Missouri 1 2,020 4 39,100 -37,080 Nebraska 1 62,000 0 0 62,000 North Dakota 3 18,520 1 13,535 4,985 Ohio 5 244,085 3 112,000 132,085 South Dakota 1 186,105 3 246,315 -60,210 Wisconsin 18 81,440 11 61,435 20,005
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New Jersey government's decision to place Newark city government under its financial control is a credit positive for the city, Moody's Investors Service said.
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Stricken by cancer, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis won't try to unseat Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in next year's mayoral contest.
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- New York
A parkland project is proposed for New York City's Queens borough that would involve converting 3.5 miles of abandoned elevated railroad track.
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Tuesday's tightening municipal market indicated to traders that investors had "given up hope" of any yield in the near-term future.
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reached a settlement with Houston-area financial advisor R. Craig Rathmann, accused of colluding with RBC Capital Markets to limit competition on bond deals for municipal utility districts.
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Investors holding $113 million of bonds issued for the privately owned and operated Branson Airport in Missouri have agreed to a amended forbearance agreement that gives the struggling Ozarks air field more time to pick up operations.
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More city finance officers reported improved fiscal conditions in fiscal 2014 than in the 29-year history of the National League of Cities' city fiscal conditions survey. However, the cities are still not fully recovered from the economic recession, the NLC said in its report on the survey.
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