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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fitch Ratings Wednesday upgraded the Chicago Board of Education’s issuer default rating and outstanding unlimited tax general obligation bonds to BB-plus from BB and the CBOE’s…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Every year the World Economic Forum asks business, political and thought leaders to rank the biggest risks in the coming year or two. At the start…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. employers added a record number of jobs in 2021, as a gauge of layoffs fell to a half-century low and available positions surged on strong…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody’s Investors Service said it revised the outlook on Jackson, Mississippi, to stable from under review… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The unfunded liabilities of Illinois’ suburban and downstate public safety pensions rose to $13 billion in the last year of compiled results reported to the state,…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Existing-home sales, which rose in November to the highest seasonally adjusted annual rate since January, are on track for their strongest year since 2006 as low…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Worker filings for unemployment benefits hovered at the lowest level in more than half a century last week as a strong labor market kept layoffs low,…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Consumer spending rose more slowly in November, raising risks of a broader economic slowdown amid the latest wave of Covid-19 cases… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Harvey, Illinois, believes it can meet a June bondholder settlement deadline to restructure defaulted debt even as work continues to resolve litigation its long been mired…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Retail sales rose modestly at the start of the holiday season, as shoppers faced rising inflation and supply shortages, and some snapped up gifts earlier… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Most Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday they were prepared to raise their short-term benchmark rate at least three times next year to cool high inflation… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey received a boost from the capital markets when Moody’s Investors Service changed its outlook to stable from…