Municipal Bond Credit Report: Americans Skip Millions of Loan Payments as Coronavirus Takes Economic Toll
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Americans have skipped payments on more than 100 million student loans, auto loans and other forms of debt since the coronavirus hit the U.S., the latest…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: How Exactly Do You Catch Covid-19? There Is a Growing Consensus
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Six months into the coronavirus crisis, there’s a growing consensus about a central question: How do people become infected?.. Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Revenue losses coming into focus for cities, states, transit systems
Municipal Bond Credit Report: State and local governments that rely on sales tax to maintain services are beginning to get a clearer picture of how deeply they must cut after…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Retail Sales Rose Record 18% in May
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Renewed shopping drove a record 17.7% increase in retail sales in May, though total spending remained below levels before coronavirus… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Data Are In: It’s Time for Major Reopening
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, an influential economic analysis from the University of Chicago concluded that the likely benefits of moderate social distancing would greatly exceed…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fed Outlines Proposal to Lend Money to Nonprofits
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Federal Reserve outlined a proposal Monday to include nonprofit organizations in its previously introduced $600 billion lending program for small and midsize businesses disrupted by…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fed Will Amass Corporate Bond Portfolio Using Index Approach
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Federal Reserve on Monday spelled out in greater detail how it will execute a previously announced program to purchase bonds of U.S. companies that were…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Powell Says Despite Signs of Stabilization, Risks of Long-Term Economic Damage Are Significant
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the economy faces significant long-term damage from higher unemployment and a wave of small business failures due to the coronavirus…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Dallas Fed’s Kaplan Says Rebound Likely in Second Half
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said Monday he believes the U.S. economy can recover over the second half of the year, but the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Fed says it is going to start buying individual corporate bonds
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Federal Reserve is expanding its foray into corporate credit to now buy individual corporate bonds, on top of the exchange-traded funds it already is purchasing,…
