Municipal Bond Credit Report: Future still murky for public pensions despite record funding ratios
Municipal Bond Credit Report: State and municipal retirements system are on track this year to outperform their investment targets from last year and push up the funded ratio, according to…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: GDPNow – Latest estimate: 2.7 percent — July 17, 2024
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2024 is 2.7 percent on July 17, up from…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Real-Estate Meltdown Strains Even the Safest Office Bonds
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Defaults are mounting in a favorite Wall Street mortgage-bond investment, setting off fresh alarms about the future of offices and malls in cities across the U.S……
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois reports paying its bills on time and in full
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Illinois state comptroller reported a 55% year-over-year increase in the end-of-year general revenue fund cash balance as her office paid the state’s bills in a…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: New Jersey college asks bondholders to allow borrowing against mortgage
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Rider University, a small private college outside of Trenton, New Jersey, is trying to raise additional funds to help an ongoing liquidity crunch. .. Link to…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: New York City budget has no rainy day deposit amid strong economy
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Better-than-expected revenues, a strong economy and savings on asylum seeker programs allowed the city to restore cuts to social services. But analysts warn the city’s bad…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Property Fraud Allegations Snowball as Commercial Real-Estate Values Fall
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. prosecutors are cracking down on commercial mortgage fraud, a growing push that is sending shudders through the $4.7 trillion industry by raising questions about the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: GDPNow Latest estimate: 2.2 percent — June 28, 2024
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2024 is 2.2 percent on June 28, down from…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Nebraska governor pushes for property tax reform
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The plan involves funding Nebraska’s K-12 schools through sales taxes — eliminating certain sales tax exemptions and raising taxes on advertising, cigarettes, vaping products and alcohol…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: GDPNow – Latest estimate: 3.0 percent — June 20, 2024
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2024 is 3.0 percent on June 20, down from…
