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Municipal Bond Credit Report: The February jobs report is likely to do little to alter the Federal Reserve’s plans to raise interest rates in two weeks, but a continued run…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The U.S. economy posted the strongest job growth in seven months in February and the unemployment rate fell to the lowest level since the pandemic, signs…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority projects a nearly $30 million shortfall in hotel tax revenues needed to repay a state advance for debt service on Soldier…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The new Illinois fund set up to manage the assets of suburban Chicago and downstate police pension funds would get an extra year to complete the…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Rising inflation is driving up expenses for many large U.S. pension funds that have promised retirees cost-of-living raises… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation hit a new 38-year high in January, as strong consumer demand and pandemic-related supply constraints propelled price gains… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The war in Ukraine isn’t likely to prevent the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates next month, but any worsening of inflation pressures could force the…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Home-price growth surged to a record in 2021, as low mortgage-interest rates prompted buyers to compete fiercely for a limited number of homes for sale… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Rising prices and snarled supply chains are poised to blunt the impact of the $1 trillion infrastructure law Congress passed with bipartisan support last year… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: New applications for unemployment benefits edged lower last week, remaining near historically low levels, reflecting a tight labor market as Covid-19 cases continued to decline… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heaped fresh risks on a global economy struggling with soaring inflation, supply-chain snarls and a rocky recovery from the pandemic… Link to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: For a brief period in the 2010s, high oil prices meant good news for the U.S. economy. Now, they are once again a threat to growth……