Podcast
16 Jul 2020|Moody's Investors Service
Genevieve Nolan of the US States team and Al Medioli of Rating and Process Oversight discuss potential defaults driven by COVID-19 and key developments in Puerto Rico’s efforts to settle with creditors after years of defaults.>>Read the report
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SECTOR IN-DEPTH
30 Jun 2020|Moody's Investors Service
Some developments, such as the benefits of lower borrowing costs or challenges from fiscal austerity, will be immediate. Others, such as telemedicine’s potential transformative effect on the healthcare sector or governments’ need to confront new social mandates, will play out over several years.
Infographic
03 Oct 2019|Moody's Investors Service
SECTOR COMMENT
08 Aug 2019|Moody's Investors Service
On 7 August, Brazil’s Lower House voted to reform the country's social security for public and private workers, but which excludes states and municipalities’ employees. The exclusion is credit negative for Brazilian states because it will delay their fiscal improvements and consequently limit improvements to their credit quality.
INFOGRAPHIC
18 Jul 2019|Moody's Investors Service
There are no discernible signs yet that the federal cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions is causing residents to flee high-tax states such as California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. In fact, migration from states with high SALT deductions is lower than a decade ago.