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Investors turn out for California muni bond sale -- for a price
October 29, 2009 | 8:17 pm

California wrapped up a sale of $3.5-billion in tax-free municipal bonds on Thursday, and was able to trim yields slightly from initial expectations as investors bid aggressively for the debt.
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Here are the final tax-free annualized yields on this week’s $3.5-billion bond sale:

Maturity Yield

2013............2.48%
2014............3.01%
2015............3.52%
2016............3.93%
2017............4.17%
2018............4.40%
2019............4.54%
2020............4.65%
2021............4.69%
2022............4.85%
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/mone...-tax-free.html
И через пару недель:
California debt binge shakes up muni bond market
November 10, 2009 | 8:48 pm

The municipal bond market’s message to California: Enough with the borrowing already!

Over the last seven weeks the state has sold more than $21 billion of short- and long-term debt for budget-related reasons and to finance voter-approved infrastructure projects.
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In California’s latest offering -- a sale Tuesday of nearly $1.9 billion of bonds maturing in June 2013 -- the state had to pony up for a 4% annualized tax-free yield to lure investors to the deal.

Less than two weeks ago the state paid a yield of 2.48% on a bond with a similar maturity.
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/mone...et-yields.html
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