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Fitch analysts discussed the relationship between the soveriegn rating and state and local credits.

The honorees of the past are making a big impact in the present.

Goldman Sachs is lead managet for the issuance, which includes tax-exempt and taxable bonds.

The state's momentum with rating agencies continued when Fitch elevated its special tax obligation bonds to AA-minus.

It could take the nation, heavily influenced by New York and California, 18 months to return to full employment, Fitch Ratings said.

Three upgrades in two days and four in six weeks mark the state's first bond-rating upgrades in 20 years.

There’s not much difference in the criteria S&P Global uses to rate general obligation debt issued by cities and GO debt issued by states.

The rating agency's public finance housing group is now called the Community Development and Social Lending Group.

New Jersey lines up $400M sale with outlook boost

Fitch says Biden administration comments that it expects to maintain higher levels of Medicaid matching dollars through 2021 will help states.