NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings said it has downgraded Detroit’s ratings, as follows: approximately $553 million unlimited tax general obligation (ULTGO) bonds to B from BB-minus; approximately $486 million limited tax general obligation (LTGO) bonds to B-minus from B-plus; approximately $1.5 billion pension obligation certificates of participation (COPs) series 2005-A, 2006-A, and 2006-B issued through the Detroit Retirement Systems Funding Trust, Michigan to B from BB-minus.
The ratings remain on Rating Watch Negative.
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The governors of two top Midwest destinations for data centers froze tax breaks for the projects as grassroots opposition groups begin building coalitions.
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There wasn't any one factor driving the muni market's weaker performance, FHN's Ajay Thomas said. But investors had a lot of deals from which to choose.
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The potential timing for a water supply emergency, which had been projected for December, was pushed nine months into the future with the help of rainfall.
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The BB-plus rated borrowing comes as high-yield supply remains strong in the muni market.
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The state's leading Democrats are divided on the benefits of California's proposed billionaire's tax
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"It's hard to know whether a decrease in enforcement is a statistical blip or early evidence of [a] meeker, milder FINRA in the current era," said Benjamin Edwards, an associate dean at UNLV law school.
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