Extra Credit: S&p Global Ratings Public Finance Podcast

In this week’s Extra Credit, Standard & Poor’s Managing Director Gabe Petek discusses our quarterly forecast for public finance, and Capital IQ’s Greg Carlin explains how recent trends could impact municipal markets.

In this Extra Credit segment, Standard & Poor’s Senior Director John Sugden explains what’s behind our recent rating action on New Jersey, Director Adam Torres discusses the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s cost mandates, and Director Kate Choban covers our rating action on Parkway East.

In this week’s segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor’s Director Bianca Gaytan-Burrell discusses the effects of major college sports on higher education credits, and Director Paul Dyson summarizes the rating changes following Standard & Poor’s release of revised criteria for mass transit systems around the world.

In this week’s segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor's Associate Luke Gildner discusses what's behind our rating on the University of Texas system and Director Larry Witte explains delinquencies' impact on housing finance agency ratings.

In this segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor’s Associate Director Bryan Moore discusses our rating action on North Las Vegas, Nevada, and Managing Director Robin Prunty explains what's behind Massachusetts’s new bond program.

In this week's segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor's Associate Director Aulii Limtiaco discusses our rating action on Seattle's housing authority and Associate Director Chris Morgan explains our action on West Brandywine Township in Pennsylvania.

In this edition of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor’s Senior Director Jane Ridley discusses the similarities and differences between Detroit and Chicago, and Senior Director Laura Kuffler-Macdonald explains our outlook for charter schools.

In this week's Extra Credit segment, Standard & Poor's Director Jessica Matsumori discusses our outlook on the University of Chicago and Associate Director Jennifer Hansen provides a credit example for a direct purchase.

On this week's segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor's Lead Analytical Manager Geoff Buswick discusses disclosure needs on alternative financings and Director Adam Torres explains what lies ahead for infrastructure funding.

On this week’s segment of Extra Credit, host Lisa Schroeer reviews what's behind the recent rating actions Standard & Poor's took on entities across the U.S. and Director Jessica Matsumori discusses our outlook on the higher education sector.

On this week’s segment, Standard & Poor’s Senior Director Dave Hitchcock explains our rating actions on about $30 billion of Puerto Rico’s debt, Associate Director Tim Tung reviews the financial impact of California’s drought, and Associate Director Beatriz Peguero discusses how the Volker rule affects housing sector financing.

On this week’s segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor’s Managing Directors Victor Herrera and Horacio Aldrete explain why Texas and Mexico continue to benefit the most from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Director Ted Chapman discusses the implications of the infrastructure funding gap.

On this week's Extra Credit segment, Standard & Poor's Director Paul Dyson breaks down our new mass transit criteria, and Senior Director Gabe Petek explains our recent outlook revision on California.

In this week's Extra Credit segment, Standard & Poor's Associate Katilyn Pulcher explains how we factor pension and OPEB obligations into our local government ratings, and Associate Director Aulii Limtiaco discusses our rating action on the California Housing Finance Agency.

This week's segment features Standard & Poor's Directors Lisa Schroeer and Ted Chapman, who carry out a year-end review of 2013’s main topics and ratings, and Senior Director Gabe Petek, who discusses our sector outlook for 2014.

In this week's segment, Standard & Poor’s Managing Director Robin Prunty discusses the latest developments affecting pension reform in Illinois, Associate Robert Dobbins spotlights the trends shaping credit quality at law schools, and Director Mikiyon Alexander highlights what’s happening in the public finance housing sector.

In this week’s Extra Credit segment, Standard & Poor’s Senior Director Dave Hitchcock takes a big picture look at states’ other post-employment benefit liabilities, and Managing Director Martin Arrick and Senior Director Jane Ridley explain our recent request for comment on standalone hospitals and the latest developments in Detroit, respectively.

This week on Extra Credit, Standard & Poor’s Director Liz Sweeney explains our new group ratings methodology and Associate Avani Parikh discusses two recently published articles covering small and speculative-grade hospitals.

In this week’s Extra Credit segment, Standard & Poor’s Director Paul Dyson explains our recent rating action on Guam’s general obligation bonds, and Directors Mary Ellen Wriedt and Ted Chapman review our ratings on airports and utilities, respectively.

In this week’s Extra Credit segment, Standard & Poor's Director Kevin Holloran explains what's behind our rating action on Parkland Hospital District, and Director James Breeding discusses the preliminary rating on Jefferson County’s revenue bonds.