Municipal Bond Credit Report: One Prairie State coal plant owner nabs upgrade
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency won an upgrade from Fitch Ratings due to positive fiscal operating trends that analysts don’t believe will suffer from the power…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Wages and Prices Are Up, but It Isn’t a Spiral—Yet
Municipal Bond Credit Report: It’s no longer just prices. Now wages, too, are flashing inflation signals… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody’s warns of ‘systemic risks’ in private credit industry
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The burgeoning private credit industry of lending to buyout groups has grown to about $1tn, but opacity, eroding standards and the difficulty in trading these slices…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Across the Southeast, employment numbers improved in September
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Most states in the Southeast saw an improving employment picture last month, newly released data show… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Minneapolis rides dual rating outlook boosts into bond market
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Minneapolis returns to the bond market Wednesday buoyed by a double dose of positive credit news for managing both the fiscal blows of COVID-19 pandemic and…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Chicago lands third outlook revision to stable as it preps refinancing
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fitch Ratings returned Chicago’s outlook to stable after an infusion of $1.9 billion in federal COVID-19 pandemic aid and recovering tax collections eased strains that threatened…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fed Prepares to Taper Stimulus Amid More Doubts on Inflation
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Federal Reserve officials are set to wind down their $120 billion-a-month bond-purchase program in November, but questions over how soon inflation pressures will fade are creating…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Banks’ Debt Sales Are Driving the Corporate Bond Market
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. banks are overrun with cash. So they are loading up on debt. The six largest U.S. lenders have issued some $314 billion of bonds so…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Consumer Confidence Rose as Delta Covid-19 Wave Eased
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. consumer confidence increased in October following three months of declines, as the wave of Covid-19 cases due to the Delta variant started to ease… Link…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Texas universities get $3.3B of state-backed revenue bonds for buildings
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Public colleges and universities will have $3.3 billion of bond authority for construction if Gov. Greg Abbott signs a bill passed in the third special session…
