Municipal Bond Credit Report: Coronavirus Job and Death Toll Is Widespread in Michigan: ‘We are Talking About a Very Deep Hole’
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Bad news has piled up in Muskegon County along Lake Michigan’s eastern shore in recent months, from canceled summer festivals and tour boat visits to layoffs…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: IMF Downgrades Already-Glum Economic Outlook Due to Coronavirus Crisis
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Economists at the International Monetary Fund now say the global economy will contract even more sharply than they expected in estimates released in April, which called…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: San Francisco’s outlook revised to negative by Moody’s
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The outlook on the city and county of San Francisco, California, was revised by Moody’s Investors Service to negative from stable as a result of heightened…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Missouri county, bond trustee argue over enforceability of payment pledge
Municipal Bond Credit Report: A debate about the legal enforceability of a Missouri county’s pledge to cover shortfalls on a $32 million industrial development bond issue is being waged before…
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…
