Investments

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

Table as of: 03/19/2013 16:20 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount

Moody's Investors Service downgraded four of Illinois' public universities and left intact the ratings of four others in a review of $2.6 billion of rated debt sparked by late last year by the state's deteriorating credit.

The American Society of Civil Engineers has given America's infrastructure an overall grade point average of D+ across sixteen categories — up slightly from the D in its last report in 2009 and the first improvement since the group started its report card in 1998.

Moody's Investors Service said it expects to finalize its approach to making adjustments to the pension data reported by U.S. state and local governments in April.

Standard & Poor's has raised Rush University Medical Center Obligated Group's rating by one notch to A in recognition of the system's new patient tower and good operating performance.

Chicago-based Roosevelt University's was downgraded by Fitch Ratings last week and faces further deterioration in the assignment of a negative outlook as the school struggles with enrollment challenges.

The New York Thruway Authority says it is in the process of obtaining a $1.5 billion TIFIA loan, but U.S. DOT guidelines indicate the loan would be at least $200 million less.

IOWA

IDAHO

Congress will have a chance in coming weeks to consider two pieces of legislation aimed at increasing investment in water infrastructure, including bonds and public-private partnerships.

The University of Chicago plans to sell up to $400 million of debt through the Illinois Finance Authority to refund existing bonds and finance an ongoing capital program that includes new and renovated facilities.

U.S. credit implications remain uncertain following conflicting budget proposals last week, according to Moody's Investors Service.

U.S. Bancorp announced Monday that its subsidiary, U.S. Bank, has agreed to acquire Deutsche Bank's municipal bond trustee business.

Standard & Poor's has downgraded Dowling College in New York to B from BB. The rating remains on CreditWatch with negative implications.

The settlement between some states and tobacco manufacturers is a credit positive for those states and their related tobacco securitizations, Fitch Ratings said in a report Friday.

ILLINOIS