Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. economic activity expanded at a slower pace at the start of the year, despite signs of recovery in the factory sector… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. existing-home sales fell in 2024 to the lowest level since 1995, the second straight year of anemic sales due to stubbornly high mortgage rates… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: S&P Global Ratings downgraded Chicago’s general obligation debt to BBB from BBB-plus Tuesday, saying the city’s 2025 budget fails to address a persistent structural imbalance… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Less than five years after Ohio restructured the credit to avoid a default, the Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority needed a debt service reserve draw to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: As Los Angeles battles wildfires, Mayor Karen Bass is being criticized for the roughly $17 million in cuts made to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget……

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The new year rang in fresh signs of distress at a pair of long-struggling cancer treatment centers in Maryland and Arkansas financed with bonds through Wisconsin’s…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2024 is 2.4 percent on January 3, down from…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Enviva, Inc. is the latest corporate bankruptcy to give a massive haircut to holders of municipal private activity bonds issued to fund green technology projects… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: A flurry of first time and repeated technical bond defaults by Colorado metropolitan districts in December is raising concerns about the debt, which finances public infrastructure…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Property tax limits embedded in a new Georgia law and constitutional amendment may financially squeeze school districts, city governments and county governments over time, analysts say……