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 debt ceiling for the United States is currently suspended until July 31 and at that time, it will be set to the amount of debt on that day. Once that new limit is set, by design, the Treasury department will be legally prohibited from incurring any additional debt
Today’s popular economic narrative says to expect a strong recovery, with rising inflation at the same time. However, if we go into a recovery and inflation takes off, it is likely we would have a truncated recovery
Highlighted here are some tidbits that you may find of interest as your organization establishes or advances its 2021 and/or longer-term capital plans
Recently, Moody’s released a proposed update to their higher education rating methodology
Faced with unprecedented disruptions to “status quo” methods of operation last March, colleges and universities have adapted admirably on the fly, shifting students to remote or hybrid learning solutions while managing expenses to compensate for revenue losses from various sources, including housing and auxiliaries, athletics, and overall headcount
Since we published our 2020 Mid-Year Market Update last June, the financial markets have calmed down from the historic turbulence experienced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
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
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
Borrowers of long-term debt are always faced with this question: should we borrow on a fixed rate or a variable rate basis?
