Midwest

Moody’s Investors service downgraded the archdiocese to Baa1 from A1.

The Evanston, Illinois-based university will offer $300 million of taxable debt as soon as Wednesday after losing its gilt-edged rating status.

Chicago officials, who present a budget in October, are reviewing scenarios that consider how long shutdowns remain in place and what happens afterward.

The Federal Reserve opened the door to participating in a competitive bidding process for short-term notes, a requirement in Illinois law.

The state is facing an immediate $3.2 billion budget hole for the current fiscal year, with revenue estimates cut more than $5 billion for the next two.

Yields on all triple-A benchmark curves out to nine years are now below 1%. The largest bumps were again on the very short end of the curve. Lipper reported $580 million of inflows.

Investors scooped up Illinois’ $800 million deal as the state dug deep into its pockets .

Investors are sending the message that higher-grade, longer-term issuers will fare far better than lower-rated, higher-yield ones amid a focus on credit.

The short end of the municipal curve again saw yields fall, but that didn't impede the productivity of the day's new-issue market.

Voters overwhelmingly signed off on local school bond and revenue requests, and Milwaukee voters chose a new comptroller.