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The January trade balance was not far off expectations at a $39.1 billion deficit, as exports were up $1.2 billion and imports up $1.3 billion. Both were driven by industrial supplies.

The U.S. February employment report showed better strength than expected, as payrolls surged 175,000 and net revisions to January-December were up 25,000.

While the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta forecasts a rise in interest rates in the last half of 2015, its President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Lockhart said late Thursday he supports "continuing with a highly accommodative policy and deferring liftoff for a while longer."

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Initial Claims 2/22: 349,000 3/1: 338,000 3/1: 323,000 Continuing Claims 2/15: 2.915M 2/22: 2.970M 2/22: 2.907M Productivity Q3: +3.5% Q4: +2.6% Q4: +1.8% Unit Labor Costs Q3: -2.1% Q4: -0.9% Q4: -0.1% Factory Orders Dec.: -2.0% Jan.: -0.5% Jan.: -0.7%

Mar. 7, 2014 Far West: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* state Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alaska Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 0.99 2.44 3.77 California A1/A/A+ 0.18 1.11 2.7 4.29 Hawaii Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.15 1.09 2.62 3.97 Idaho Aa1/AA+/NR 0.17 1.11 2.64 3.99 Montana Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.17 1.1 2.64 3.98 Nevada Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.2 1.16 2.72 4.09 Oregon Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.15 1.03 2.49 3.88 Washington Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.16 1.07 2.66 4.03 Wyoming NR/AAA/NR 0.15 1.07 2.52 3.85

3/6/2014 2/27/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000) Alaska 1 $61,340 0 $0 $61,340 California 12 1,023,175 10 493,610 529,565 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 1 3,845 2 12,215 -8,370 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 2 400,000 0 0 400,000 Oregon 1 2,760 1 65,905 -63,145 Washington 2 26,450 1 40,985 -14,535 Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0

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Municipal mutual funds reported inflows slowed to $99.48 million in the week ended March 5 from $247 million of inflows the week before. Assets of all weekly reporting municipal funds increased to $281.69 billion, up from $280.11 billion, Lipper FMI reported.

Bond Buyer indexes showed weakening in the week ending Feb. 27.

Detroit in a court filing Thursday said it has reached agreement with Barclays Inc. for a $120 million debtor-in-possession financing.

Puerto Rico plans to sell a $3 billion general obligation bond on Tuesday.

Municipal bonds were insulated from weakening Treasury prices Thursday as low supply kept yields competitive in the secondary marketplace.

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The total amount of outstanding municipal securities in the market fell almost 1.2% to $3.67 trillion last year from 2012, while munis held by banks jumped 14.68% to $416.4 billion over the same period, according to the Federal Reserve's latest Flow of Funds report released Thursday.

Moody's Investors Service said it has downgraded UMass Memorial Health Care's rating to Ba1.