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Municipal Bond Credit Report: California will have borrowed close to $25 billion by the fall for pandemic-driven unemployment benefit costs that will have to be repaid to the federal government,…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Production at U.S. factories surged in July, boosted by an acceleration in motor vehicle output as automakers either pared or canceled annual retooling shutdowns to work…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Spending at U.S. retailers fell sharply in July, amid cooling purchases of goods and signs of some pullback in consumer demand as U.S. Covid-19 cases tied…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Jobless claims fell to a new pandemic low last week, suggesting the labor market continues to heal even as the Delta variant causes uncertainty… Link to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Inflation remained elevated in July as the economic recovery continued, but prices showed evidence of cooling amid pandemic-related supply problems and signs that the recent rise…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: New applications for jobless benefits declined for the third straight week, showing the labor market continues to heal despite worries about the Delta variant… Link to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Home prices surged in almost every corner of the U.S. in the second quarter as robust demand continued to overwhelm the supply of homes for sale……

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Florida officials announced the largest pandemic-era municipal-bond sale backed by port revenue, hoping to tap into investor demand for local-government debt tied to recovering sectors of…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: In the heart of California’s rice country, a project that dealt municipal bond investors one of the biggest high-yield defaults of the past decade is about…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Despite the coronavirus pandemic’s shock to Kentucky’s economy, the Bluegrass State has seen a rebound in employment, revenue and company investments. But as Kentucky’s economic momentum…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Detroit voters defeated proposed charter revisions that Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration had warned would jeopardize the city’s fiscal progress and trigger state oversight and potentially a…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Improved pension funding led to New Jersey’s second upward revision in weeks, as S&P Global Ratings boosted its outlook on the state’s general obligation bonds to…