Moody's Investors Service has upgraded 10, downgraded 7, and affirmed 9 long-term ratings of letter of credit (LOC)-backed U.S. municipal obligations. Additionally, Moody's has placed one long-term rating under review for downgrade. Debt affected by these rating actions totals $1.7 billion. Moody's has taken these rating actions in connection with its on-going surveillance of the 754 letter of credit-backed transactions rated based on a joint default analysis (JDA) which have an aggregate face amount of $45.33 billion. None of the bonds' short-term ratings were affected.
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The new hires come as nationwide infrastructure needs keep growing and as several firms have left or scaled back their muni efforts.
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The tax could result in an increase in demand for the state's municipal bonds.
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The review, which included mostly Texas and Colorado bond issuers, comes as the amount of voter-approved debt authorized for districts is exploding.
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This strength comes after another "challenging week" for the muni market, which continued to deal with ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty and somewhat heavy supply, said Daryl Clements, a muni portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein.
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Bernardi Securities founder Edward Bernardi passed away peacefully on March 21 in his Lake Forest, Illinois, home. He was 95.
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S&P cited the system's structural challenges, physical risk exposure and uncertainty about the system's overall financial and operational trajectory.
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