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Early official estimates of current fiscal year revenue drops include $353 million in Arkansas, $396 million in Colorado, $219 in Oklahoma and $224 million in Vermont.

S&P Global Ratings is postponing a March 31 forum on public housing bonds due to concerns about the outbreak of COVID-19.

Analysts expect a drop in trade volume in at least the first two quarters of this year.

David Hitchcock is celebrating 40 years at S&P Global Ratings as a municipal bond analyst.

Martin Arrick, a managing director at S&P Ratings and its longtime not-for-profit healthcare group leader, will retire on Jan. 15.

The state's experience shows how competition for funding has shifted away from traditional schools, S&P Global Ratings says in a new report.

In a recent Moody's report, analysts said states would be able to weather a moderate recession due to healthy reserves.

Data on default rates shows that while there has been improvement in consistency between corporate and muni ratings, there is still work to be done.

“We see some calming of seas,” said Beth Ann Bovino, chief U.S. economist and managing director at S&P Global Ratings, who offered those explanations as part of her latest take on the U.S. economic outlook.

Oakland Park will issue green water and sewer refunding bonds that carry S&P Global Ratings’ highest Green Evaluation score of E1.