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…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: IMF Cuts Global Growth Forecast Amid Supply-Chain Disruptions, Pandemic Pressures
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The International Monetary Fund lowered its growth forecast for the world economy for this year, citing supply-chain disruptions in rich economies and global-health concerns caused by…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Ferguson, Missouri, rating lifted out of junk seven years after police shooting
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Ferguson, Missouri, won back an investment grade rating from Moody’s Investors Service six years after losing it over fiscal strains created after a white city police…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Economy Is Expected to Pick Up Speed After Delta-Driven Downturn
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The Delta variant of Covid-19 appeared to temper economic growth this summer, but economists expect the recovery from the pandemic to reaccelerate as the virus’s toll…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Jobless Claims Have Remained Near Pandemic Lows in September
Municipal Bond Credit Report: New applications for unemployment benefits are trending this month near the lowest levels of the pandemic, as employers continue to limit layoffs during Covid-19’s latest surge…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Powell Says Supply-Chain Bottlenecks Could Lead to Somewhat Longer Interval of High Inflation
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that a recent spell of higher inflation might last longer than central bank officials had anticipated, but he repeated his…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: East Moline, Illinois, draws downgrade as it turns to pension obligation bonds
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois municipalities eyeing pension obligation bonds to deal with the strain of public safety contributions received a shot across the ratings bow this week as Moody’s…
