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The loss of Southwest Airlines at Jackson-Evers International Airport in Mississippi prompted Fitch Ratings to downgrade the airport to BBB-plus from A-minus.

Moody's Investors Service said it has downgraded Genesis HealthCare System, Ohio's long-term bond rating to Ba2 from Ba1.

Municipal bond and Treasury yields fell Friday morning after the employment report showed job growth improvements with slowed wages and no change in the unemployment rate.

Susannah Page, a former director in the municipal research sector at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, has joined Roosevelt & Cross Inc.

Fitch Ratings warns that North Las Vegas could become insolvent as officials in the suburb of Las Vegas have identified no clear plan to address a large deficit.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton co-hosted a meeting in Los Angeles aimed at finding new ways to develop public-private partnerships to fund climate-friendly infrastructure projects.

U.S. inflationary pressures were lower in March, as the U.S. future inflation gauge dipped to 103.1 from the revised February 104.4 reading, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes, who is overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy, will rule next week on a critical interest-rate swaps settlement after an all-day hearing Thursday that centered on the legality of the lien backing the derivatives.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Initial Jobless Claims 3/22: 310,000 3/29: 316,000 3/29: 326,000 Continuing Claims 3/15: 2.814M 3/22: 2.825M 3/22: 2.836M International Trade Jan.: -$39.3B Feb.: -$38.5B Feb.: -$42.3B ISM Non Mfg Index Feb.: 51.6 March: 53.5 March: 53.1

Apr. 4, 2014 Far West: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alaska Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 1.31 2.56 3.73 California A1/A/A+ 0.18 1.48 2.97 4.23 Hawaii Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.16 1.43 2.76 3.93 Idaho Aa1/AA+/NR 0.17 1.43 2.76 3.95 Montana Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.17 1.43 2.75 3.93 Nevada Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.2 1.46 2.81 4.01 Oregon Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.15 1.39 2.62 3.83 Washington Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.16 1.43 2.76 3.96 Wyoming NR/AAA/NR 0.15 1.39 2.64 3.81

4/3/2014 3/27/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000) Alaska 0 $0 0 $0 $0 California 10 1,442,410 16 1,762,035 -319,625 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 5 20,410 1 3,845 16,565 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 2 200,850 0 0 200,850 Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 4 665,740 4 157,380 508,360 Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0

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Chicago's proposed rescue for two of its four pension funds lost momentum in the General Assembly as backers struggled to drum up votes and Gov. Pat Quinn won't say if he'd sign it.

The Bond Buyer's muni bond indexes were mostly unchanged in the week ending April 3, even as Treasury yields rose.

Investors said they expect the municipal market to hold its ground, even if Friday's Employment Situation Report shows a pickup in the economy.