Municipal Bond Credit Report: Private placement bond deals helped push volume to record levels in 2016, even as some observers remain concerned about transparency and value in the deals… Link…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The state of Illinois was downgraded one notch by FITCH citing lack of action on a new budget… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fitch Ratings took aim at its credit ratings competitor Moody’s Investors Service in an unusual public notice on Wednesday with a report detailing disagreements over its…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Feb 1 The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) voted late Wednesday to lower its annual expected return rate from 7.5 percent to 7 percent by…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Chicago Public Schools, in its latest financial report, warns of more red ink to come this year and “difficult” decisions next year without additional state help……

Municipal Bond Credit Report: America’s economy is looking solid overall these days, but depressed prices for domestic oil production tipped six of the eight biggest oil-pumping states into recession last…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Chicago’s spread penalties in the primary market hit a new peak Thursday (Jan 19, 2017) when it priced a $1.2 billion general obligation sale…. Link to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: In his state of the state address Jan. 4, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy sketched out a plan to “ensure that no Connecticut city or town will…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: It was a year of disappointing investment returns from 11 local government pension funds in Illinois, according to the latest annual report from a state government…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Financial guarantor Assured Guaranty Corp. (AGC), a subsidiary of Assured Guaranty Ltd. (together with its subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty)(AGO), has requested that Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (Moody’s)…