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Oct. 31, 2013 Southeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alabama Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.2 1.18 2.57 4.2 Florida Aa1/AAA/AAA 0.19 1.19 2.62 4.23 Georgia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.18 1.09 2.44 4.05 Kentucky Aa2/AA+/AA 0.2 1.24 2.66 4.29 Louisiana Aa2/AA/AA 0.2 1.2 2.65 4.27 Mississippi Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.21 1.21 2.66 4.25 North Carolina Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.18 1.09 2.46 4.05 South Carolina Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.18 1.12 2.47 4.08 Tennessee Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.18 1.11 2.49 4.1 Virginia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.16 1.09 2.44 4.05 West Virginia Aa1/AA/AA 0.21 1.21 2.67 4.3

10/30/2013 10/23/2013 State Iss Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Alabama 3 $42,650 4 $47,705 -$5,055 Florida 6 165,380 8 281,220 -115,840 Georgia 7 389,820 3 136,095 253,725 Kentucky 7 137,095 3 102,310 34,785 Louisiana 3 42,250 3 42,250 0 Mississippi 1 2,100 0 0 2,100 North Carolina 1 66,150 1 66,150 0 South Carolina 2 19,200 1 52,000 -32,800 Tennessee 4 111,385 6 336,030 -224,645 Virginia 2 44,650 4 164,780 -120,130 West Virginia 1 39,345 0 0 39,345

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The tax-exempt market ended as much as five basis points stronger on Wednesday as Puerto Rico rallied and demand for primary issuance pushed the secondary market firmer. The Federal Reserve said it will continue to pump money into the economy by continuing its $85 billion a month bond purchasing program.

Bellevue School District in King County, Wash. is planning to sell $100 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds in a competitive offering next week to fund school construction throughout the district.

WASHINGTON —The federal government ran a $75.1 billion budget surplus in September, the Treasury reported Wednesday, resulting in a fiscal year 2013 deficit of $680.3 billion.

Bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., reached a deal with major creditors to accept bigger haircuts and allow a modified plan of finance for the county to emerge from Chapter 9 this year.

Fitch Ratings lowered the outlook on Monroe County's general obligation bonds' A-minus rating to negative from stable on Wednesday.

The Dauphin County, Pa. commissioners voted to approve $170 million in revenue bonds related to the parking lease deal in Harrisburg, Pa.'s debt-recovery plan.

Fitch Ratings knocked Detroit's Downtown Development Authority – planning a $650 million hockey arena and entertainment complex -- into junk-ratings territory.

The largest of the Illinois' five state pension funds reported its unfunded obligations rose in fiscal 2013 to $55.7 billion from $52.1 billion a year earlier despite double-digit investment returns.

Traffic and toll revenues are ramping up on Maryland Transportation Authority’s $2.4 billion, 19-mile Intercounty Connector built to relieve congestion in the Washington area.

The Fed will continue open-ended programs to purchase longer-term Treasuries at a rate of $45 billion per month and mortgage-backed securities at a rate of $40 billion per month, the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement released Wednesday following the committee's two-day meeting.

Washington, D.C.-based law firm Patton Boggs LLP created a public finance team based around four hires from Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP.