Update From A Ratings Agency: This session will examine trends in state credit rating moves, economic and financial drivers, debt and pension medians, and the outlook for credit after COVID-19.
Stress Testing State Budgets: This session will provide an overview of state stress tests recently completed by Moody’s Analytics and discuss their fiscal and policy implications. This research estimates the fiscal shock (revenue declines and spending increases) facing state budgets in the wake of COVID-19, examines state reserve levels, and projects budget gaps based on these findings.
Nicholas Samuels
Vice President & Senior Credit Officer
Moody’s Investors Service
Dan White
Director of Government Consulting and Fiscal Policy Research