US - Fitch Ratings has downgraded Illinois general obligation (GO) taxable bonds to A- from A over concerns about the state's unfunded pension liabilities and fiscal gap.
The agency assigned a lower rating to a total of US$24.4bn in debt issued by the US state and either placed or maintained a negative outlook on it. In addition, it downgraded the ratings related...
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