Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 … Next page › Last page Last Positioning the Balance Sheet Current Rate Environment Fixed income markets have rallied based on improving funds flows following indicators suggesting the Fed is gaining ground in the battle against inflation... Blog Moving Into and Through 2023 Current Rate Environment December’s 6.5% CPI print offered good news on the inflation front; but 6.5% is still high, so the job isn’t done and the blunt instrument of Fed tightening in... Blog Financial “Twindemic” and the Impact on Ratings Although hospitals have experienced difficult operating periods and volatile stock markets in the past, the simultaneous impact of these two forces in 2022 was a first in not-for-profit healthcare, creating a financial “twindemic” that drove many of the downgrades. Blog Our Inflation Round Trip Tuesday’s 7.1% CPI print was an improvement from October’s 7.7% and well off the 9.1% peak (so far) posted in June. 7.1% is not price stability and there remains a large gap to the Fed... Blog Inflation May Be Stabilizing, but a Transformative Period for Healthcare Has Only Just Begun Healthcare issuance remains light, running at over 30% below 2021 YTD levels. No channel of external healthcare capital formation has been active, but there have been interesting... Blog Ratings Tolerance During Financial Turbulence In recent months, hospitals of all sizes and ratings are reporting tremendous financial turbulence, primarily due to externalities such as the nursing shortage and the need for expensive contract labor. Blog An End to the Fed’s Interventionist Role? Thursday’s CPI 7.7% report hinted at some slowing of inflationary pressures. Stock and bond markets had a huge party celebrating the release but none of it matters until Fed Chairman... Blog The Risk-Optionality Continuum Year-to-date healthcare debt issuance is down almost 30% versus the same period in 2021 and currently stands at only 43% of full year 2020 issuance and 55% of full year 2021. Certainly... Blog The Massive Gulf Between Normal and Today We see a continued modest capital formation environment. Bon Secours Mercy issued approximately $400 million of tax-exempt debt in a very difficult market. The transaction got done, but... Blog Navigating Under Pressure Not-for-profit healthcare issuance remains light across all public and private funding channels. Rates remain relatively attractive, but uncertainty about the depth and breadth of the... Blog Living in Interesting Times Benchmark yield curves are flat to inverted but long rates remain historically attractive. Public market not-for-profit healthcare issuance is light, reflecting two previous years of... Blog Who's Bucking the Trend? It’s not all bad news when it comes to not-for-profit hospital financial performance. Some hospitals and health systems are navigating labor pressures and reporting improving results. Blog Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 … Next page › Last page Last
Positioning the Balance Sheet Current Rate Environment Fixed income markets have rallied based on improving funds flows following indicators suggesting the Fed is gaining ground in the battle against inflation... Blog
Moving Into and Through 2023 Current Rate Environment December’s 6.5% CPI print offered good news on the inflation front; but 6.5% is still high, so the job isn’t done and the blunt instrument of Fed tightening in... Blog
Financial “Twindemic” and the Impact on Ratings Although hospitals have experienced difficult operating periods and volatile stock markets in the past, the simultaneous impact of these two forces in 2022 was a first in not-for-profit healthcare, creating a financial “twindemic” that drove many of the downgrades. Blog
Our Inflation Round Trip Tuesday’s 7.1% CPI print was an improvement from October’s 7.7% and well off the 9.1% peak (so far) posted in June. 7.1% is not price stability and there remains a large gap to the Fed... Blog
Inflation May Be Stabilizing, but a Transformative Period for Healthcare Has Only Just Begun Healthcare issuance remains light, running at over 30% below 2021 YTD levels. No channel of external healthcare capital formation has been active, but there have been interesting... Blog
Ratings Tolerance During Financial Turbulence In recent months, hospitals of all sizes and ratings are reporting tremendous financial turbulence, primarily due to externalities such as the nursing shortage and the need for expensive contract labor. Blog
An End to the Fed’s Interventionist Role? Thursday’s CPI 7.7% report hinted at some slowing of inflationary pressures. Stock and bond markets had a huge party celebrating the release but none of it matters until Fed Chairman... Blog
The Risk-Optionality Continuum Year-to-date healthcare debt issuance is down almost 30% versus the same period in 2021 and currently stands at only 43% of full year 2020 issuance and 55% of full year 2021. Certainly... Blog
The Massive Gulf Between Normal and Today We see a continued modest capital formation environment. Bon Secours Mercy issued approximately $400 million of tax-exempt debt in a very difficult market. The transaction got done, but... Blog
Navigating Under Pressure Not-for-profit healthcare issuance remains light across all public and private funding channels. Rates remain relatively attractive, but uncertainty about the depth and breadth of the... Blog
Living in Interesting Times Benchmark yield curves are flat to inverted but long rates remain historically attractive. Public market not-for-profit healthcare issuance is light, reflecting two previous years of... Blog
Who's Bucking the Trend? It’s not all bad news when it comes to not-for-profit hospital financial performance. Some hospitals and health systems are navigating labor pressures and reporting improving results. Blog
