Bond ratings indicate a bond's credit quality, helping investors assess default risk. The three major bond ratings agencies are Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch Ratings. Investment-grade ...

What does an AA 1 bond rating mean? Two things: A city borrows a lot of money. And. The city pays it all back on time. Nothing more. Nothing less. An AA 1 bond rating bears little relationship to ...

With the city's plans to take out more debt this year, officials say their bond rating is in good standing, meaning lower interest rates that likely won't cost taxpayers more for the city to borrow.

KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AA to the State of Louisiana General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2025-A and affirms the long-term rating of ...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file Share Two months ago, a Wall Street rating agency warned there was a “one in two chance” of a drop in the bond rating that determines Chicago’s borrowing costs.