Municipal Bond Credit Report: Southern California water agencies make a sharing agreement amid drought
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has agreed to give a portion of the water it gets from the State Water Project to the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Supply-Chain Crisis Fuels Latest Retreat From Globalization
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Nothing embodied the promise of globalization more than the humble supply chain. Thanks to the integration of production across and within borders, consumers have come to…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Auto Supply-Chain Constraints Weighed on September’s Industrial Production
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Industrial production in the U.S. declined in September as supply-chain disruptions in the auto industry and lingering effects of Hurricane Ida weighed on manufacturing and mining…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Tight Labor Market, Supply Constraints Point to Persistent Inflation
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Companies are holding on tightly to employees at the same time few other workers are available and prices are rising in wholesale markets facing supply constraints,…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Inflation Sets Off Alarms Around the World
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Rising inflation is triggering anxiety around the world as a surge in demand following the easing of Covid-19 lockdowns has been confronted by supply bottlenecks and…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Retail Sales Rise, Showing Resilient U.S. Consumers
Municipal Bond Credit Report: American consumers stepped up their spending in September, a sign of resilient demand and rising inflation… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Better Housing Foundation bondholders eye lawsuits after defaults, bankruptcies
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Investor efforts to recoup losses in five Chicago-area affordable housing bond deals are moving to civil courts as bankruptcy cases involving $170 million of municipal debt…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Jobs Report Keeps Fed Taper on Track for November
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Despite Friday’s disappointing September jobs report, Federal Reserve officials have signaled in recent weeks the gains are likely to satisfy the thresholds they have laid out…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Job Growth Falls to Slowest Pace of Year
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. job growth fell to the slowest pace of the year in September, a sign the Delta variant of the coronavirus and a persistent shortage of…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Soaring Energy Prices Raise Concerns About U.S. Inflation, Economy
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The U.S. economy is facing a new threat: rising energy prices. Crude oil has risen 64% this year to a seven-year high. Natural-gas prices have roughly…
