Public finance

CONNECTICUT

CALIFORNIA

Indiana floated a request for interest for firms looking to partner with the state on a new section of Interstate 69, which is the latest in a series of P3 transportation projects the state has undertaken.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood may be sticking around at least a bit longer, according to the newly minted chairman of next Congress' House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

ARKANSAS

ARIZONA

Table as of: 12/04/2012 17:15 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount

For 2013 Fitch Ratings has more negative than positive outlooks on state and tax-supported local governments.

The week's largest deals have arrived to give the municipal market a year-end feel. As expected, investors are feeding at the new-issue trough and largely ignoring the secondary.

With an eye on growing its public finance business, New York City-based broker-dealer Lebenthal & Co. LLC has hired William Ludolph to head its municipal underwriting efforts.

A quiet trading session precedes a hefty primary calendar in the municipal market Tuesday.

Table as of: 12/03/2012 09:53 AM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount

ILLINOIS

ARIZONA

Transportation experts and lobbyists believe anointed House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster will make financing issue a bigger focus than the man he will replace.

Investors, waiting for the coming calendar and armed with cash were expected to light up the secondary market with activity this week, but instead, traders report that all has been quiet on the buying front.

A bump in anticipated primary volume should spur the municipal market for the first week of December. But while the market gears up for the coming deals, Monday's session has started flat.

Table as of: 11/30/2012 09:56 AM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount

ILLINOIS

ALABAMA