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Connecticut will come to market with a $730 million sale of special tax obligation transportation infrastructure bonds, including $130 million in refunding.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, "increased again in September," according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

As other Arizona cities took on long-term debt for professional sports facilities, the Phoenix suburb of Chandler gave Major League Baseball its walking papers and pursued more promising ventures. Spring training left but prosperity followed.

Pending home sales fell 1.0% to an index reading of 104.7 in August, after a revised 3.2% gain to 105.8 in July, according to a report released Monday by the National Association of Realtors.

Arguing that the labor market recovery is not yet complete, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President and Chief Executive Officer Charles L. Evans Monday reiterated his call for patience on monetary policy and restated his discomfort with calls to change policy sooner rather than later.

Monday, September 29 Issuer St Description Amount

Monday, September 29 Issuer St Description Amount

Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Monday Personal Income July: +0.2% Aug.: +0.3% Monday Consumption July: -0.1% Aug.: +0.4% Monday Core PCE July: +0.1% Aug.: unch Tuesday Pending Home Sales July: +3.3% Aug.: -0.1% Tuesday Chicago PMI Aug.: 64.3 Sept.: 62.0 Tuesday Consumer Confidence Aug.: 92.4 Sept.: 92.5 Wednesday Construction Spending July: +1.8% Aug.: +0.5% Wednesday ISM Manufacturing Aug.: 59.0 Sept.: 58.5 Thursday Initial Jobless Claims 9/13: 293,000 9/20: 298,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 9/6: 2.439M 9/13: n/a Thursday Factory Orders July: +10.5% Aug.: -9.3% Friday Nonfarm Payrolls Aug.: +142,000 Sept.: +215,000 Friday Private Payrolls Aug.: +134,000 Sept.: +205,000 Friday Manufacturing Payrolls Aug.: unch Sept.: +12,000 Friday Unemployment Rate Aug.: 6.1% Sept.: 6.1% Friday Avg Hrly Earnings Aug.: +0.2% Sept.: +0.3% Friday Work Week Aug.: 34.5 Sept.: 34.5 Friday International Trade July: -$40.5B Aug.: -$40.9B Friday ISM Non-Manufacturing Aug.: 59.6 Sept.: 58.5

Sep. 29, 2014 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA/AA 0.16 1.32 2.47 3.38 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.12 1.16 2.17 3.09 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.14 1.19 2.23 3.2 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.13 1.17 2.18 3.1 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.14 1.22 2.29 3.26 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.13 1.22 2.28 3.2 New Jersey Aa3/AA+/AA+ 0.23 1.56 2.63 3.55 New York Aa2/AA/AA 0.13 1.19 2.25 3.26 Pennsylvania Aa2/AA/AA 0.15 1.34 2.49 3.4 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.17 1.37 2.5 3.46 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.13 1.22 2.24 3.15 Dist. of Columbia Aa2/A+/AA+ 0.15 1.28 2.4 3.36 Puerto Rico Baa3/BB+/BBB- 7.78 8.87 8.33 7.15

Week Of September 29 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of September 29 Issuer St Description Amount

MISSISSIPPI

ARIZONA

9/26/2014 9/19/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 3 $748,100 5 $774,345 -$26,245 Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 Maine 2 118,850 0 0 118,850 Maryland 0 0 2 89,490 -89,490 Massachusetts 3 16,512 6 93,798 -77,286 New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 7 90,955 5 93,069 -2,114 New York 9 86,523 8 2,055,836 -1,969,313 Pennsylvania 4 47,160 3 67,865 -20,705 Rhode Island 2 680,160 1 593,655 86,505 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0

A $1.1 billion Texas Transportation Commission will lead the activity in the primary market and usher in the fourth quarter as this week's largest deal -- even while volume is forecasted to decline from last week's recent high of over $8 billion.

Oklahoma plans to use proceeds of this week's $67 million sale of lease-revenue bonds for two state universities and a community college.

The Marana Unified School District near Tucson will ask voters for $125 million of bond authority in the Nov. 4 election for an array of projects.

Government

Increased supply has not muted the insatiable appetite for municipal bonds, thanks to months of impressive gains. The abnormally long positive performance has left traders wondering when the music stops.

Atlanta plans to do a debt feasibility study on the advisability of issuing $250 million of GO bonds for infrastructure improvements.