Blue Rose Remains a Steady, Trusted Advisor Amid Potential Significant Changes Ahead in 2025 Happy new year and welcome to what is sure to be an exciting 2025!  The beginning of the new year marks a new start for many of us.  New year’s resolutions, new goals and aspirations, perhaps even

This year has marked a return to “normal” Thanksgiving activities for my family and me, most notably the resumption of large family gatherings that were a mainstay of our pre-pandemic life. The pandemic and, even more so, true illness caused us to take a few years off from those holiday

There is no question that the rapid rise of interest rates in 2022 has come much more quickly than nearly anyone anticipated. During the second half of 2021, there was growing evidence that the mounting inflationary pressures once thought to be transitory were, in fact, a bigger problem. Indeed, the

Earlier this year we wrote an article about whether inflationary pressures were real. As articulated in June, we identified the popular economic narrative indicated a strong economic recovery. However, we also surmised that the pandemic recovery could be leading to tremendous distortions and disturbances in economic statistics, inflation included. Perhaps

Traditions are a wonderful way to keep a sense of normalcy when, in such instances as calendar years 2020 and 2021, the realities presented to us may be anything but normal. The continuation of a global health pandemic, civil unrest, and political discord are just three ways that continue to

Last week on August 4th, Moody’s released the final version of their revised rating methodology for the higher education sector. This new methodology applies to all higher education institutions globally, including both public and private colleges and universities, technical schools, and community colleges.   The finalized revised methodology is consistent

We are now four months into the year and various credit and market developments continue to unfold, many of which are favorable to the borrower and issuer community. In case you missed them, highlighted here are some tidbits that you may find of interest as your organization establishes or advances

Key Public Finance Themes for 2021 It is just one month into calendar year 2021 and we are already seeing themes of the coming year emerge. Highlighted below are three themes to which our team is paying particularly close attention.  LIBOR Transition The anticipated LIBOR transition is undoubtedly one of

There has been very little normalcy in calendar year 2020. We as a country, our communities, and each of us individually have taken on challenges over the last 10 months that we couldn’t have imagined prior to this year. “We’re in this together” has been a message of hope and support as

Borrowers of long-term debt are always faced with this question: should we borrow on a fixed rate or a variable rate basis? This question arises irrespective of whether the borrowing will occur on a taxable or tax-exempt basis, or whether the borrower is a governmental, non-profit or corporate entity. It is a