Summary: North Bend, Washington; General Obligation Jun 10

Standard & Poors, June 2010

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Abstract
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'AA-' rating and stable outlook to North Bend, Wash.'s series 2010 general obligation (GO) bonds. The rating reflects our view of the city's: Economic base in the Seattle region, with very strong to extremely strong income and wealth indicators; Good financial policies and practices, including a minimum general fund policy and quarterly reporting on financial performance to the city council; and Maintenance of very strong available general fund positions on a cash balance of accounting. Constraining credit quality in our view is a trend of a declining general fund position, although it still exceeds the city's policy minimum. The city's full faith and credit, including the obligation to levy ad valorem property taxes...

Companies mentioned in this report are: North Bend
Action: New Rating
Action: Outlook: Stable

North Bend

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