Municipal Bond Credit Report: Florida jobless rate hits 16-year low
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Florida’s unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 2.5% in December, the lowest level since 2006, the state Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday… Link to…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: With state guarantee tapped out, Texas school bonds must stand on their own
Municipal Bond Credit Report: For the first time in more than a decade, Texas public school districts are heading to the municipal market to sell bonds without a cost-saving state…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: SEC hits Bloomberg with $5 million fine over bond valuation disclosure
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Bloomberg Finance LP will pay $5 million to settle charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission that the firm’s pricing service misled investors about its fixed-income…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Chicago puts local retail buyers at forefront of social bond sale launch
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. will take retail orders Wednesday on a long-planned issue that prioritizes local buyers on the city’s first bonds to carry a…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Faces Tough Re-Election Bid
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing stiff competition from a large field of candidates in her re-election bid as Chicago tackles crime and the lingering economic fallout…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Time of essence in proposed bond refinance of Arizona sports park
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Plans for a youth sports destination in Arizona to refinance its way out of financial trouble have yet to come to fruition, and the clock appears…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Downgrade leaves a San Francisco Bay-area college teetering above junk
Municipal Bond Credit Report: A Moody’s Investors Service downgrade leaves St. Mary’s College of California with no breathing room above the speculative-grade rating category… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Inflation Slowed for Sixth Straight Month in December
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. inflation eased in December for the sixth straight month following a mid-2022 peak as the Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates and the economy showed…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Sales taxes drive record Texas budget surplus projection
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Texas is forecasting a record $32.7 billion budget surplus as a surge in sales taxes boosts the government’s revenue by billions more than what analysts had…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois deposit pushes up rainy-day fund balance
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois lawmakers passed legislation sending $850 million of surplus revenue to the state’s once-barren rainy-day fund — pushing it to a new peak of $1.85 billion…
