Tag: Municipal Bond Credit
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Coronavirus continues to cause pain for the Texas manufacturing sector in April
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Manufacturing activity in Texas continued to take hits from the effects of efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the April survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas showed… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Public power sector remains stable but demand may decline
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The U.S. public power sector remains stable due to its relative resilience through the coronavirus outbreak and resulting economic downturn, according to Moody’s Investors Service analysts… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Tourism-dependent Nevada has reason to worry
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has made headlines for Darwinistic statements about re-opening the strip, but the tourism-dependent state has real reason to worry… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Coronavirus brings New Jersey finances into danger zone
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: New Jersey’s financial future, already fragile before the COVID-19 pandemic, is now at a potential breaking point… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Why convention hotels will take years to recover from the coronavirus
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Under a worsening economic forecast, S&P Global Ratings anticipates a three-year recovery period for major conference center hotels… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Coronavirus Shutdown Weighs on Higher Risk Muni Issuers
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Though some municipal bonds have rebounded alongside other markets in the past few weeks, the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is weighing down some higher-risk issuers, increasing strain on muni borrowers and rattling some long-time investors… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Forgotten Pandemic Offers Contrast to Todays Coronavirus Lockdowns
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The outbreak started in China, where it quickly engulfed the city of Wuhan before racing across the globe on commercial flights and ships, eventually killing more than 1 million people, over 100,000 of them in the U.S… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: When is it Safe to Go Back to Normal States Weigh Benchmarks
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The Trump administration laid out a three-phase plan for reopening the country, and states such as Georgia, Texas and Ohio have moved to loosen restrictions. But lifting lockdowns too early will bring the coronavirus roaring back, health experts say… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Maybe Experts Were Right About Covid-19 The First Time
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: It’s time to confront an awful possibility about the lockdowns in which many of the world’s economies now find themselves: The experts might have been right the first time… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Coronavirus takes a bite out of Texas sales tax collections
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: As one of six states that relies on sales tax for more than half of their revenue, Texas expects to suffer a sharp economic blow for the first half of the year… Link to Story