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Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank said it hired an affiliate of Millstein & Co. as a financial adviser.

Detroit Wednesday asked the bankruptcy court to set a March 20 date for a hearing on its latest settlement with its interest-rate swap counterparties, calling it key to the city's overall plan of debt adjustment.

New orders for manufactured goods slumped 0.7% in January, after dropping 2.0% in December, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it lowered its rating on Peoria, Ill.'s outstanding general obligation bonds to AA-minus from AA.

Productivity was revised to a 1.8% gain in Q4 from the 3.2% jump originally reported.

Initial jobless claims fell 26,000 to 323,000 in the week ended March 1, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The European Central Bank announced its Governing Council held interest rates at its latest monetary policy meeting Thursday.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual ISM Non Mfg Index Jan.: 54.0 Feb.: 53.5 Feb.: 51.6

Mar. 6, 2014 Southeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alabama Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.17 1.05 2.57 3.88 Florida Aa1/AAA/AAA 0.15 1 2.55 3.87 Georgia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 0.96 2.37 3.68 Kentucky Aa2/AA+/AA 0.17 1.09 2.6 3.93 Louisiana Aa2/AA/AA 0.16 1.05 2.57 3.88 Mississippi Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.17 1.07 2.59 3.84 North Carolina Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 0.96 2.37 3.68 South Carolina Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.15 0.98 2.4 3.7 Tennessee Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.15 0.97 2.42 3.73 Virginia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.13 0.96 2.37 3.68 West Virginia Aa1/AA/AA 0.17 1.08 2.58 3.91

3/6/2014 2/26/2014 State Iss Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Alabama 0 $0 2 $12,900 -$12,900 Florida 6 283,905 7 157,225 126,680 Georgia 4 140,355 4 140,355 0 Kentucky 6 216,880 9 491,435 -274,555 Louisiana 1 4,150 4 26,455 -22,305 Mississippi 0 0 2 8,280 -8,280 North Carolina 1 58,610 0 0 58,610 South Carolina 0 0 1 10,810 -10,810 Tennessee 4 328,685 4 30,440 298,245 Virginia 1 63,200 1 63,200 0 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0

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The U.S failed to take advantage of three great opportunities during a period of "unprecedented liquidity and low interest," by not reforming Social Security and Medicare, not passing strong regulatory reforms, and by not restructuring government debt, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said Wednesday

Harrisburg University, in Pennsylvania's distressed capital, missed a $1.8 million bond payment on revenue bonds, according to a securities filing.

New York's MTA made a formal request for a second federal presidential emergency board to help Long Island Rail Road reach an agreement with eight of its unions.

The sentencing of CDR Financial Products founder David Rubin for his role in muni bond bid-rigging has been postponed from Thursday to 11 a.m. Friday in New York.