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Municipal Bond Credit Report: The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2022 is 1.4 percent on August 24, down from…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in smaller municipal borrowers raiding debt service reserve funds, a move that plugs temporary shortfalls but does not prevent…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Two rating agencies cut Hazelwood, Missouri’s ratings this month as the city remains locked in a battle with a fire protection district over the cost for…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A bankruptcy court in South Carolina is closer to deciding the fate of $12.5 million of municipal bonds… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 5.13%, down from 5.22% last week and 5.81% in June, which was the highest rate since 2008, according to a…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. existing home sales fell in July for the sixth straight month, the longest streak of declines in more than eight years, as higher mortgage rates…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A budget impasse that’s left Trenton, New Jersey, without an approved budget well into the new fiscal year continues, despite a recent brush with default… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Detroit is asking the bankruptcy court to require that its police and firefighters retirement system stick with a 30-year amortization period agreed to in the city’s…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Public pension plans lost a median 7.9% in the year ended June 30, according to Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service data to be released Tuesday, their…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Minnesota has a trio of triple-A general obligation ratings after Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the state to Aaa from Aa1 on Thursday… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Harvey, Illinois, officials are working to overcome remaining hurdles to conduct a bond exchange offer that would remove its general obligation debt from default status and…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The July jobs report defied expectations of an economic slowdown and will make it harder for the Federal Reserve to dial back the pace of rate…