News and Information from Bond Buyer

Friday's market will be dominated by the impact of the morning's release of the jobs report, traders anticipated.

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said he objected to the Federal Open Market Committee statement because the projections for liftoff on the fed funds rate remains time dependent which is "inappropriate" and limits the panel's flexibility.

7/31/2014 7/24/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000) Alaska 0 0 0 0 0 California 11 1,047,675 15 500,265 547,410 Hawaii 0 0 1 139,380 -139,380 Idaho 1 3,845 1 3,845 0 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon 3 303,992 2 288,030 15,962 Washington 2 97,220 2 118,215 -20,995 Wyoming 5 84,805 0 0 84,805

Monday, August 4 Issuer St Description Amount

Monday, August 4 Issuer St Description Amount

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Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Employment Cost Index Q1: +0.3% Q1: +0.5% Q2: +0.7% Initial Jobless Claims 7/19: 279,000 7/26: 300,000 7/26: 302,000 Continuing Claims 7/12: 2.508M 7/19: 2.500M 7/19: 2.539M Chicago PMI June: 62.6 July: 63.0 July: 52.6

Aug. 1, 2014 Far West: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alaska Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.11 1.2 2.23 3.26 California A1/A/A+ 0.14 1.26 2.45 3.65 Hawaii Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.12 1.28 2.41 3.47 Idaho Aa1/AA+/NR 0.11 1.3 2.43 3.49 Montana Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.11 1.28 2.42 3.48 Nevada Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.16 1.34 2.46 3.54 Oregon Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.11 1.21 2.32 3.36 Washington Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.12 1.28 2.44 3.49 Wyoming NR/AAA/NR 0.11 1.28 2.32 3.36

Government

The Bond Buyer's muni bond indexes were mixed in the week ending July 31.

Securities and Exchange Commission officials have modified their program for issuers and underwriters to voluntarily self-report continuing disclosure failures, saying they want to encourage as much participation in the program as possible.

The deadline for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to pay back its lines of credit to banks has been pushed back to Aug. 14.

Tuomey Healthcare System in South Carolina does not plan to file for bankruptcy, at least not at this time, the hospital told bondholders July 31.

Deals on Thursday priced with a larger importance placed on credit, as the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority deal had trouble placing while the California State University debt was eaten up quickly.

The Federal Reserve of New York recommended Puerto Rico's government make six major changes in a report it issued Thursday.

A bill introduced in the House last week would allow more issuers to be able to issue bank-qualified bonds.

Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's sole non-voting member of Congress, has introduced legislation that would allow the commonwealth's government to authorize certain government-owned corporations to enter Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy.