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Maryland plans to sell up to $750 million of triple-A rated tax-exempt and taxable general obligation bonds in competitive bids on March 5, state officials said.

Northeast issuers sold $93.1 billion of municipal bonds in 2013, down 17.4% from 2012.

For the 46th straight month, Texas saw sales tax rise in January.

A Boulder environmental group has vowed to sue the Colorado Department of Transportation to stop a $490 million public-private project on the main highway to Denver.

Targeting a higher inflation rate was among the policy alternatives presented to Federal Reserve officials in December 2008 as they considered ways to shore up a teetering economy, transcripts of the session show.

Janet Yellen saw the U.S. economy "at, if not beyond, the brink of recession" in January 2008, according to transcripts of Federal Reserve policy meetings released Friday.

A loan guarantee for a $23.5 million water park lowered an Austin suburb's credit rating and delays a bond vote.

Light supply has kept municipal bond yields low even as Treasuries soften, traders said.

Detroit's pension funds can file a direct appeal of the federal bankruptcy court's decision that the city is eligible for Chapter 9, a process that will run parallel to the city's Chapter 9 case.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts will ramp up its education efforts on disclosure this year by publishing guidance on general obligation bonds and new issue disclosure, NFMA chair Susan Dushock said.

The Federal Reserve Board Friday released the transcripts from its 2008 meetings, including those at the outset of the financial crisis.

Existing home sales fell 5.1% to a seasonally adjusted 4.62 million-unit rate in January from an unrevised 4.87 million pace the previous month, the National Association of Realtors announced Friday.

Without taxpayer support, the ubersecretive $1.6 billion MBTA retirement fund would go broke between 2024 and 2036, said a report by Boston's Pioneer Institute.

If bankrupt Stockton and San Bernardino, Calif. fail to modify their pension liabilities, they could end up like Vallejo, which did not change those liabilities and now risks of a second bankruptcy, said Moody's.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual CPI Dec.: +0.3% Jan.: +0.1% Jan.: +0.1% CPI Core Dec.: +0.1% Jan.: +0.1% Jan.: +0.1% Initial Claims 2/8: 339,000 2/15: 335,000 2/15: 336,000 Cont. Claims 2/1: 2.953M 2/8: 2.970M 2/8: 2.981M Leading Indicators Dec.: +0.1% Jan.: +0.4% Jan.: +0.3% Philly Fed Manufacturing Jan.: 9.4 Feb.: 8.0 Feb.: 6.3

Feb. 21, 2014 Far West: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alaska Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.17 1.08 2.52 3.86 California A1/A/A+ 0.2 1.18 2.8 4.34 Hawaii Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.17 1.18 2.7 4.06 Idaho Aa1/AA+/NR 0.19 1.21 2.73 4.09 Montana Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.19 1.19 2.72 4.07 Nevada Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.22 1.28 2.84 4.23 Oregon Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.17 1.12 2.57 3.94 Washington Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.18 1.18 2.72 4.09 Wyoming NR/AAA/NR 0.17 1.16 2.6 3.94

2/20/2014 2/13/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000) Alaska 0 $0 0 $0 $0 California 9 382,220 9 343,390 38,830 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 1 3,845 1 3,845 0 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 1 89,275 0 0 89,275 Oregon 2 39,315 0 0 39,315 Washington 1 21,410 1 21,410 0 Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0

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