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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Home sales rose in August for the third consecutive month, fueled by robust demand for luxury homes and a pickup in Northeast sales that kept the…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The coronavirus pandemic is causing homebuyers to rethink what they want in a home, with more people relocating to places where they can afford more outdoor…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Threats to Illinois’ investment grade rating are intensifying as prospects for a new round of federal relief in the near future dims and structural budget woes…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: St. Louis-based Mercy Health system took two rating hits over its rising debt levels and strained balance sheet metrics as it readies a $354 million borrowing…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Milwaukee’s proposed $1.5 billion 2021 budget trims police ranks and raises some taxes and fees to address mounting budget pressures that were underscored by a two-notch…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The U.S. economy in September continued its steady recovery from the sharp declines in the second quarter as demand and output strengthened, according to new business…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Unemployment claims held steady at a historically high 870,000 last week, suggesting the labor market continues to slowly recover from the coronavirus pandemic… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party’s Central Committee have laid out a plan for a ‘new era’ in which the party has better control…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Dozens of deadly wildfires raging across California, Oregon and Washington could also pose a risk to state and local budgets already struggling under the weight of…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Diminished reserve levels that were compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic drove Buffalo’s second credit downgrade in a one-year span… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Federal Reserve was set Monday to take an initial step to rewrite rules for hundreds of billions of dollars in lending in lower-income neighborhoods… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The labor market’s recovery is showing fresh signs of losing momentum as persistently elevated applications for unemployment benefits show layoffs remain historically high despite summer hiring……