Municipal Bond Credit Report: 17 States Where Unemployment Is at Record Lows
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The unemployment rate in 17 states concentrated in the Midwest, South and Mountain West reached a record low in April, a sign of an unusually tight…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Home-Price Growth Hit Record in March
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Home-price growth rose to a new record in March as robust home-buying demand outweighed the limited supply of homes for sale… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Rating agency use of ESG analysis provokes red state officials
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Pushback against the use of environmental, social, and governance scores in public finance ratings is gaining steam in Republican-controlled states, where elected officials are targeting S&P…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody’s upgrades Louisiana to Aa2
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody’s Investors Service raised Louisiana’s general obligation bonds and issuer credit rating to Aa2 from Aa3 Wednesday, citing significant progress the state has made restoring its…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Texas retirement community operator turns to bankruptcy after default
Municipal Bond Credit Report: A nonprofit Texas-based retirement community operator filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday to deal with its troubled debt and sell its assets… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Number of People Receiving Jobless Benefits Reached 52-Year Low in Early May
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The number of people receiving unemployment benefits fell in early May to the lowest point in more than 50 years, adding to signs the U.S. labor…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Home Sales Cool Amid Higher Rates, Record Prices
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Rapidly rising mortgage rates and record home prices are cooling the U.S. housing market, as April sales dropped for the third straight month and fell to…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: High Inflation, Slowing Growth Raise Risk of Global Downturn
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The global economy is in danger of entering a period of so-called stagflation, or high inflation and weak growth, policy makers and corporate leaders say, which…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois rating momentum carries transit and universities along
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois’ rosier near-term fiscal landscape and state bond rating momentum helped lift the ratings of public transit agencies and the state’s public universities and more than…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Advocate Aurora and Atrium plan multi-state hospital merger
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois-based Advocate Aurora Health and North Carolina-based Atrium Health plan to merge, which would create the fifth largest not-for-profit health system by revenues nationally… Link to…
