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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Despite Friday’s disappointing September jobs report, Federal Reserve officials have signaled in recent weeks the gains are likely to satisfy the thresholds they have laid out…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. job growth fell to the slowest pace of the year in September, a sign the Delta variant of the coronavirus and a persistent shortage of…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The U.S. economy is facing a new threat: rising energy prices. Crude oil has risen 64% this year to a seven-year high. Natural-gas prices have roughly…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The International Monetary Fund lowered its growth forecast for the world economy for this year, citing supply-chain disruptions in rich economies and global-health concerns caused by…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Ferguson, Missouri, won back an investment grade rating from Moody’s Investors Service six years after losing it over fiscal strains created after a white city police…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Delta variant of Covid-19 appeared to temper economic growth this summer, but economists expect the recovery from the pandemic to reaccelerate as the virus’s toll…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: New applications for unemployment benefits are trending this month near the lowest levels of the pandemic, as employers continue to limit layoffs during Covid-19’s latest surge…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that a recent spell of higher inflation might last longer than central bank officials had anticipated, but he repeated his…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois municipalities eyeing pension obligation bonds to deal with the strain of public safety contributions received a shot across the ratings bow this week as Moody’s…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The cost of a February freeze that caused widespread blackouts in Texas and claimed more than 200 lives continues to weigh on bond issues for electric…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fitch Ratings revised Nevada’s outlook to stable from negative Wednesday and affirmed its AA-plus issuer default rating… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Hawaii received two outlook boosts ahead of plans to price $1.9 billion in taxable general obligation bonds… Link to Story