Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 9 Current page 10 Page 11 Next page › Last page Last Ratings Matter, But Long-Term Viability Matters More “Will I be downgraded if my organization’s margins decline because I am investing for its future?” This is one of the most common questions that provider organizations ask ratings... Blog COVID Stabilization and Lines of Credit As the COVID crisis moderates, the question for most organizations is whether to maintain lines of credit. The answer requires clarity on the purpose of these facilities today. Blog Why Stories Matter Over the years, I have had many things that I have wanted to tell the executives at not-for-profit hospitals. As a ratings analyst, however, I couldn’t. Now I can. This is the first of... Blog To 2022 and Beyond Happy New Year and high hopes for a healthy, happy, and successful 2022; the one certainty is that it won’t be uneventful. Let’s kick off this year’s discussion with a level-setting... Blog Charting a Strategic Path to Sustainability As universities face difficult financial challenges, integrated strategic financial planning helps identify options to keep institutions on a sustainable path forward. Blog Fun With Statistics Healthcare Treasury and Capital Markets This week Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell affirmed that the wind down in Quantitative Easing will accelerate while introducing the potential for three 0.25% rate hikes during... Blog A Long Strange Trip We are heading into the holiday lull, but markets will continue to be buffeted by a host of competing events. Markets careen from one risk to another and key volatility indicators—like... Blog Choosing What Not to Do Sustaining Higher Ed is a monthly blog dedicated to helping college administrators and board trustees lead their organizations toward greater financial stability so they can stay on... Blog The Balance Sheet You Need The inflation debate—transitory or structural—continues, but so far it doesn’t seem to be having much of an impact on rates. Long rates have moved higher in 2021 but the current 30-year... Blog Are Inflationary Pressures Transitory or Structural? The Fed is predicting that inflationary pressures are transitory, but healthcare leaders face the business challenge of major expense inputs that have moved to new levels based on pressures that may have a relatively long tail. Blog As Pandemic Pushes Higher Ed Closer to Demographic Cliff, Institutions Must Consider Strategic Options The pandemic’s effects on enrollment offer a preview of what lies ahead for colleges and universities as they approach the demographic cliff. Now is the time to consider what strategic options are available to your institution. Blog Resiliency and the Management of “Accessible” Resources Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that the Fed would start tapering its bond purchasing activities in November with the plan of fully winding down the element of market support by mid-2022, at which point they might begin to raise short-term rates. Blog Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 9 Current page 10 Page 11 Next page › Last page Last
Ratings Matter, But Long-Term Viability Matters More “Will I be downgraded if my organization’s margins decline because I am investing for its future?” This is one of the most common questions that provider organizations ask ratings... Blog
COVID Stabilization and Lines of Credit As the COVID crisis moderates, the question for most organizations is whether to maintain lines of credit. The answer requires clarity on the purpose of these facilities today. Blog
Why Stories Matter Over the years, I have had many things that I have wanted to tell the executives at not-for-profit hospitals. As a ratings analyst, however, I couldn’t. Now I can. This is the first of... Blog
To 2022 and Beyond Happy New Year and high hopes for a healthy, happy, and successful 2022; the one certainty is that it won’t be uneventful. Let’s kick off this year’s discussion with a level-setting... Blog
Charting a Strategic Path to Sustainability As universities face difficult financial challenges, integrated strategic financial planning helps identify options to keep institutions on a sustainable path forward. Blog
Fun With Statistics Healthcare Treasury and Capital Markets This week Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell affirmed that the wind down in Quantitative Easing will accelerate while introducing the potential for three 0.25% rate hikes during... Blog
A Long Strange Trip We are heading into the holiday lull, but markets will continue to be buffeted by a host of competing events. Markets careen from one risk to another and key volatility indicators—like... Blog
Choosing What Not to Do Sustaining Higher Ed is a monthly blog dedicated to helping college administrators and board trustees lead their organizations toward greater financial stability so they can stay on... Blog
The Balance Sheet You Need The inflation debate—transitory or structural—continues, but so far it doesn’t seem to be having much of an impact on rates. Long rates have moved higher in 2021 but the current 30-year... Blog
Are Inflationary Pressures Transitory or Structural? The Fed is predicting that inflationary pressures are transitory, but healthcare leaders face the business challenge of major expense inputs that have moved to new levels based on pressures that may have a relatively long tail. Blog
As Pandemic Pushes Higher Ed Closer to Demographic Cliff, Institutions Must Consider Strategic Options The pandemic’s effects on enrollment offer a preview of what lies ahead for colleges and universities as they approach the demographic cliff. Now is the time to consider what strategic options are available to your institution. Blog
Resiliency and the Management of “Accessible” Resources Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that the Fed would start tapering its bond purchasing activities in November with the plan of fully winding down the element of market support by mid-2022, at which point they might begin to raise short-term rates. Blog