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The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $25 billion 91-day bills and $23 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 10-year inflation-protected notes on Thursday, March 20.

The state of California upsized its $1.6 billion GI deal to $1.8 billion and priced a day early on Wednesday amid strong demand.

Business inventories rose 0.4% to $1.715 trillion in January, while sales decreased 0.9% to $1.303 trillion, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

February import prices rose 0.9% and export prices grew 0.6%, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims fell 9,000 to 315,000 in the week ended March 8, the Labor Department said Thursday

Moody's Investors Service said it has downgraded Lewiston-Porter Central School District, N.Y., to A2 from A1 affecting approximately $26.7 million in general obligation debt.

Thursday, March 13 Issuer St Description Amount

Thursday, March 13 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of March 17 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of March 10 Issuer St Description Amount

ALASKA

CALIFORNIA

Mar. 13, 2014 Southeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alabama Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.17 1.2 2.74 4.02 Florida Aa1/AAA/AAA 0.15 1.16 2.72 4.01 Georgia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 1.11 2.54 3.82 Kentucky Aa2/AA+/AA 0.17 1.23 2.75 4.05 Louisiana Aa2/AA/AA 0.16 1.23 2.76 4.05 Mississippi Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.17 1.22 2.75 4 North Carolina Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 1.11 2.54 3.82 South Carolina Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.15 1.13 2.57 3.84 Tennessee Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.15 1.12 2.59 3.87 Virginia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.13 1.11 2.54 3.82 West Virginia Aa1/AA/AA 0.17 1.26 2.79 4.08

3/12/2014 3/5/2014 State Iss Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Alabama 0 $0 0 $0 $0 Florida 6 345,305 6 283,905 61,400 Georgia 4 140,355 4 140,355 0 Kentucky 1 14,300 6 216,880 -202,580 Louisiana 0 0 1 4,150 -4,150 Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 North Carolina 1 38,700 1 58,610 -19,910 South Carolina 2 20,450 0 0 20,450 Tennessee 2 210,960 4 328,685 -117,725 Virginia 4 207,290 1 63,200 144,090 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0

Texas sales tax revenues rose 5.8% in February to $2.2 billion, the 47th consecutive month of increase.

Chicago received $3.6 billion of orders on its $884 million general obligation bond issue Wednesday that marked its first outing with GOs tarnished by two triple-notch downgrades and a drop into the Baa1 category.

Moody's downgraded Onondaga County, N.Y. to Aa2 from Aa1.

With the long-awaited bond issuance by Puerto Rico in the rearview mirror, municipal bond buyers Wednesday had more than $4 billion of new bonds to purchase.

A federal judge sentenced CDR Financial Products Inc. founder David Rubin to two years' probation and ordered him to pay a combined $5.65 million in fines and restitution for his role in rigging bids for municipal bond contracts.