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TAG | school district
Jul/09
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California School District Bonds, not as safe as they used to be
1 Comment | Posted by thepublicpurse in municipal bonds
School districts are often considered the safest investments in the tax exempt markets. They receive from 20-90% of their funding from their state governments, most of the rest from property taxes. So what to worry? Well, state governments, whose revenues react most quickly to economic changes, are having trouble. (Excellent coverage of state troubles at [...]