June 19, 2020
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2021

Fitch Rates Massachusetts SBA's $1.3B Senior Bonds 'AAA'; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings

The Commonwealth has not formally revised its January 2020 consensus revenue forecast for fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021 in light of the coronavirus-driven recession now underway, with a new forecast likely to emerge from fiscal 2021 budget deliberations. One outside group, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, projected fiscal 2021 sales taxes to fall 27.4% below the level forecast in January 2020.