Tag: Municipal Bond Credit
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Financial Reckoning Hits Universities: Pay Cuts, Layoffs and No Coffee
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: A financial reckoning has started at universities from the Ivy League to state schools as President Trump’s funding cuts hit home… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Munis seen recovering from tariff shock, but credit risks remain
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Over the past weeks, the municipal bond market has begun recovering from the turmoil triggered by President Trump’s tariff announcements, and as it does so, is more resilient than the day-to-day volatility suggests… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: GDPNow – Latest estimate: 2.3 percent — May 08, 2025
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2025 is 2.3 percent on May 8, up from 2.2 percent on May 6… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Employers Added 177,000 Jobs in April Despite Tariff Uncertainty
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The U.S. labor market steadily added jobs last month despite jolting tariff announcements that many economists expect will give way to a trade policy-induced slowdown later this year… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Tariffs still loom over Port Authority revenue bond deal
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Tuesday priced a bond deal it had pulled in the wake of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcements… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: GDPNow – -2.5 percent — April 24, 2025
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2025 is -2.5 percent on April 24, down from -2.2 percent on April 17… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Bond-financed Maine insulation company files for bankruptcy
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: A wood fiber insulation company financed with tax-exempt bonds is now in bankruptcy. Maine-based TimberHP has $85 million of outstanding green bonds issued in 2021 through the Finance Authority of Maine for its GO Lab Madison project, which converted an abandoned paper mill into a factory for wood fiber insulation. ..…
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Uncertainty reigns as Texas muni market awaits federal, state moves
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Uncertainty is clouding the future of the municipal bond market and issuers in Texas are bracing for potential federal government moves on the municipal tax exemption, tariffs, and funding, as well as the outcome of the state legislative session, which could include constraints on debt issuance… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Elite universities sell corporate CUSIP bonds amid federal attacks
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/elite-universities-sell-corporate-bonds-amid-federal-attacks… Link to Story
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Municipal Bond Credit Report: The World Is Taking Urgent Steps to Prepare for Trade War Downturn
Categories: Municipal Bond Credit ReportMunicipal Bond Credit Report: Countries around the world are taking major steps to prop up their economies and prepare for a possible severe downturn as the U.S. and China keep raising the stakes in an escalating global trade war… Link to Story