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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Cities across the U.S. are hemorrhaging money as the coronavirus pandemic shut down commerce, entertainment and tourism activities that provide much of their revenue… Link to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Many retailers and restaurants, already crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, are grappling with damage to their properties and new closures following protests sparked by the death…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The COVID-19 pandemic will not delay the phaseout of Libor at the end of 2021, participants in a seminar sponsored by the Government Finance Officers Association…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The number of workers receiving unemployment benefits fell for the first time since February and new weekly claims continued to ease, offering evidence that layoffs related…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Federal Reserve officials head into their next policy meeting deliberating how to assist an economy in a deeper hole than it faced after the 2008 financial…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. consumer spending fell by a record 13.6% in April during coronavirus lockdowns, but there are signs that purchasing is starting to pick up… Link to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Florida officials finally got their first glimpse of the impact of COVID-19 on the state’s finances, and it’s not pretty… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: New York City’s daily death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is receding. Its next chapter, staging an economic comeback, poses a whole new set of challenges……

Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. workers filed 2.1 million jobless claims last week, extending a downward trend but remaining multiple times higher than before the coronavirus pandemic… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The U.S. economy’s first-quarter contraction was slightly steeper than initially estimated, and a key measure of corporate profits weakened as coronavirus-related shutdowns began to come into…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: First-time claims for unemployment benefits totaled 2.1 million last week, the lowest total since the coronavirus crisis began though indicative that a historically high number of…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: New Jersey plans a combination of large-scale spending cuts and drawdowns of the state’s reserves to tackle a massive deficit caused by the COVID-19 pandemic… Link…