Municipal Bond Credit Report: Muni outflows may create challenges
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Mutual fund outflows may pose an increasing challenge in the municipal market as the year winds down. With Federal Reserve policy makers expected to raise interest…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Medicaid measures lead nationwide ballot parade
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Voters in three states Tuesday approved ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid coverage while anti-tax measures prevailed in two Southeast states.The measures were among dozens around the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: After residents’ furor, Florida CDD bond deal is withdrawn
Municipal Bond Credit Report: A Florida developer formally terminated a controversial agreement to sell pools, parks and other amenities in the central Florida retirement community of Solivita, just days before…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Reserves and liquidity boost Hempstead, N.Y., rating
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Growing reserves and liquidity gave America’s most populous township its second rating upgrade in less than five months…. Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: New York official asks IRS to withdraw SALT regulations
Municipal Bond Credit Report: WASHINGTON – A New York county executive urged the Internal Revenue Service Monday to drop its proposal to restrict workarounds of the $10,000 cap on the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Pension buyouts for Illinois budget remain in flux
Municipal Bond Credit Report: CHICAGO – Illinois’ budget assumptions of $400 million in fiscal 2019 savings from pension buyouts remain uncertain as the state’s largest fund is preparing to launch…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fiscal progress drives Atlantic City bond rating upgrade
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Continued upward fiscal momentum gave Atlantic City its second multi-notch upgrade in a two-week stretch…. Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois sales tax bond rating takes a five-notch hit
Municipal Bond Credit Report: CHICAGO – Illinois’ sales tax-backed bonds took a five notch hit from S&P Global Ratings as a result of revised criteria published last week that more…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Chicago Public Schools fares better on short-term rates
Municipal Bond Credit Report: CHICAGO – Chicago Public Schools slashed its short-term borrowing rates by more than two percentage points in its first tax anticipation note issue of the fiscal…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Prophet of Muni Market Doom Wasn’t Wrong—Just Early
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Eleven years ago next week, a then-obscure bank analyst made the call of a lifetime when she said Citigroup would be brought low by bad mortgage…
