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CPS borrows $725 million at huge cost

Posted on February 04, 2016

Chicago Sun-Times

This article examines a CPS bond sale that had been previously delayed. President of the Civic Federation, Laurence Msall comments that the 8.5 percent yield is due to a number of factors, one of which is the District’s poor credit rating, and warns that costs for any future borrowing will continue to be high.