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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…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: More than 1,000 members of the Government Finance Officers Association watched and listened to expert advice Tuesday on how to estimate highly uncertain events, like natural…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois lawmakers passed a $40 billion budget for fiscal 2021 that relies on up to $5 billion of borrowing through the Federal Reserve’s new short-term borrowing…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Stocks have rebounded dramatically off their March lows, while consumer sentiment is hovering near the lowest level in nearly a decade. The divergence is one of…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: As states begin to lift the stay-at-home restrictions put in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic, some workers now say they are just fine working from…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: In one of the brightest economic readings since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, sales of newly built homes rose nearly 1% in April compared with…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The world’s developed economies saw the largest fall in output since the global financial crisis in the first three months of the year, as governments began…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Home-price growth accelerated in March, even as home sales dropped after the coronavirus pandemic shut down economic activity in some regions… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: With interest rates falling to the lowest level on record, this should be a banner time for households in search of a new mortgage… Link to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Truck loads are growing again. Air travel and hotel bookings are up slightly. Mortgage applications are rising. And more people are applying to open new businesses……