California Municipal Bonds
T. Rowe Price & Associates tracks the yields of 20 California municipal bonds and the Bond Buyer Index of 40 national issues.
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Bond Buyer 40-bond index
June: 5.67%
California Index
June: 5.56%
Five Widely Held California Bonds:
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Yield Yield Issue Coupon Maturity June 20 Friday Calif. general-obligation 10-yr (generic) (generic) 4.75% 4.80% Calif. general-obligation 20-yr (generic) (generic) 5.40 5.45 Los Angeles MTA (insured) 5.50% 7/1/17 5.51 5.60 Calif. public works lease rev. 6.00 10/1/14 5.40 5.48 San Fran. airport (insured) 5.65 5/1/24 5.55 5.66
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Source: T. Rowe Price & Associates in Baltimore, which manages a $150-million California bond fund
Note: All yields are as of 2 p.m. Friday. Yields are based on institutional trading, retail prices and a survey of California brokers. Yields offered to individual investors will vary.