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Fitch Ratings cited the San Diego-area health district's ongoing fiscal woes in dropping its rating to B-minus from B and revising its negative watch to a negative outlook.

"If you're an issuer, this is fly-in season," said Jarrod Loadholt, partner at Ice Miller LLP. "Don't hope someone else is going to solve this for you — they're not."

Rhonda Skoby and Rachel Lochner joined the Minneapolis public finance practice of Taft, Stettinier and Hollister as partner and associate, respectively.

The slowdown of growth in the fourth quarter does not imply there is dwindling demand for munis, said Pat Luby, head of municipal strategy at CreditSights.

As major airlines report losses and scale back forecasts, Cleveland is preparing to go to market April 2 with $125.5 million of revenue bonds for its airport.

Daily report for March 19, 2025

Eric Vanderhoef is a principal at Advanced Knowledge Management 

"While there has been some reported buying by relative value institutions amid higher ratios from the muni-centric price correction, the market as a whole may not rally this week," said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics.

Hospital and health insurance operator UPMC's $735 million deal looks routine. But the volatile healthcare and insurance environments may disrupt that standard.

A bondholder group is negotiating with the school, which continues to operate.

A $1.1 billion dollar cut to the Washington, D.C., budget by way of Congressional action is on hold thanks to intensive lobbying and an intervention by the Senate as the city vows to meet its financial obligations.

The state is trying to navigate its way to a fiscal 2026 budget amid potential federal policy changes and the heightened risk of a recession.

Northeastern University plans to sell municipal bonds to help replace its 115-year-old Matthews Arena, long-ago home of the Boston Bruins and Celtics.

David Dassler is a teaching assistant professor in the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business School of Accountancy. He brings over 32 years of accounting and finance experience to the classroom — working for firms including Xcel Energy, US West and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He previously taught at Daniels from 2012 to 2022 as an adjunct professor for the professional and executive MBA programs. He is a Colorado native and a Daniels alumnus, having earned his MAcc and BSAcc degrees in 1990. He is an active licensed CPA in the state of Colorado and holds the Chartered Global Management Accountant designation from the American Institute of CPAs.

With no policy changes expected, analysts are eagerly awaiting the new Summary of Economic Projections for clues about future monetary policy.

The Fed is expected to hold steady. RBC's Blake Gwinn breaks down the forces driving the Fed's future decision-making and what it means for markets.

Bond-issuing infrastructure districts and development zones were a focus of legislation passed by Utah lawmakers during a session that ended March 7.

Daily report for March 18, 2025