Tag: Municipal Bond Credit
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Hertz bankruptcy underscores pressure on airport car rental bonds
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Like the airports they serve, consolidated rent-a-car facilities have seen business drop to record lows in a span of three months… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Conservatives balk at more federal aid for state, local governments
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Conservatives are digging in with the argument that reopening the economy is a better approach to battling the economic impact of the pandemic than a new round of federal aid to state and local governments would be… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: How the Coronavirus Will Reshape World Trade
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: When the global economy finally gets beyond the pandemic, expect it to be less globalized than before… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Rhode Island not alone in short-term budget maneuvering
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: In an unorthodox move, yet increasingly common among states during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rhode Island’s legislature approved a supplemental $11.8 billion budget for fiscal 2020 to buy some time… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Unemployment Claims Edge Lower but Remain Historically High
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The number of workers applying for and receiving unemployment benefits has stabilized at historically high levels, signs that while the labor market is healing hundreds of thousands of workers are still losing their jobs each week… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: May’s U.S. Jobs Rebound Was Widespread
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Nearly all U.S. states added jobs last month as business reopenings allowed most areas of the country to start recovering from huge employment losses endured earlier in the coronavirus pandemic… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Court rules power agreement between Florida and Georgia utilities is valid
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: A federal judge affirmed the validity of the power purchase agreement between Georgia’s joint action agency, MEAG Power, and JEA, the municipal utility owned by Jacksonville, Florida… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fed Chair Powell ‘confident’ of full recovery
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The recovery has begun, but it will take time for the economy to return to pre-pandemic levels, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Fed chairman cites importance of state, local government aid
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is telling Congress that federal aid to state and local governments deserves their attention… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Edge Down to 1.5 Million in Latest Week
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Workers filed 1.5 million new unemployment claims last week and 20.5 million people received benefits, signs the pace of layoffs remained high but was stabilizing… Link to Story