Municipal Bond Credit Report: Hertz bankruptcy underscores pressure on airport car rental bonds
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Like the airports they serve, consolidated rent-a-car facilities have seen business drop to record lows in a span of three months… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Conservatives balk at more federal aid for state, local governments
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Conservatives are digging in with the argument that reopening the economy is a better approach to battling the economic impact of the pandemic than a new…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: How the Coronavirus Will Reshape World Trade
Municipal Bond Credit Report: When the global economy finally gets beyond the pandemic, expect it to be less globalized than before… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Rhode Island not alone in short-term budget maneuvering
Municipal Bond Credit Report: In an unorthodox move, yet increasingly common among states during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rhode Island’s legislature approved a supplemental $11.8 billion budget for fiscal 2020 to…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Unemployment Claims Edge Lower but Remain Historically High
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The number of workers applying for and receiving unemployment benefits has stabilized at historically high levels, signs that while the labor market is healing hundreds of…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: May’s U.S. Jobs Rebound Was Widespread
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Nearly all U.S. states added jobs last month as business reopenings allowed most areas of the country to start recovering from huge employment losses endured earlier…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Court rules power agreement between Florida and Georgia utilities is valid
Municipal Bond Credit Report: A federal judge affirmed the validity of the power purchase agreement between Georgia’s joint action agency, MEAG Power, and JEA, the municipal utility owned by Jacksonville,…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fed Chair Powell ‘confident’ of full recovery
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The recovery has begun, but it will take time for the economy to return to pre-pandemic levels, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the Senate…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fed chairman cites importance of state, local government aid
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is telling Congress that federal aid to state and local governments deserves their attention… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Edge Down to 1.5 Million in Latest Week
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Workers filed 1.5 million new unemployment claims last week and 20.5 million people received benefits, signs the pace of layoffs remained high but was stabilizing… Link…
