Author: Geoff Weitzel
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Reaches Fastest Pace Since 1983
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation hit a new 38-year high in January, as strong consumer demand and pandemic-related supply constraints propelled price gains… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Russia-Ukraine War Risks Putting Fed in Bigger Bind
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The war in Ukraine isn’t likely to prevent the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates next month, but any worsening of inflation pressures could force the central bank to tighten policy even more aggressively than already hinted by senior officials… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Home-Price Growth Hit Record in 2021
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Home-price growth surged to a record in 2021, as low mortgage-interest rates prompted buyers to compete fiercely for a limited number of homes for sale… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Inflation Threatens to Erode Impact of $1 Trillion Infrastructure Law
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Rising prices and snarled supply chains are poised to blunt the impact of the $1 trillion infrastructure law Congress passed with bipartisan support last year… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Jobless Claims Fall Amid Tight Labor Market
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: New applications for unemployment benefits edged lower last week, remaining near historically low levels, reflecting a tight labor market as Covid-19 cases continued to decline… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Russian Invasion Scrambles Prospects for Global Economy
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heaped fresh risks on a global economy struggling with soaring inflation, supply-chain snarls and a rocky recovery from the pandemic… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Oil-Price Surge Threatens U.S. Growth
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: For a brief period in the 2010s, high oil prices meant good news for the U.S. economy. Now, they are once again a threat to growth… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Moody’s raises Villanova University’s $219 million of debt to Aa3
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Moody’s Investors Service on Friday raised Villanova University’s issuer and revenue bond ratings to Aa3 from A1 and revised the outlook on the credit to stable from positive… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Texas storm Uri, a year later: financial, political fallout lingers
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Last week, when a cold front moved across Texas, it was viewed as a test to see how the state’s power grid would handle the coldest temperatures since Winter Storm Uri crippled the system a year ago… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Inflation Rate Accelerates to a 40-Year High of 7.5%
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: A relentless surge in U.S. inflation reached another four-decade high last month, accelerating to a 7.5% annual rate as strong consumer demand collided with pandemic-related supply disruptions… Link to Story