Article: Nine districts in Minneapolis/St. Paul affected by Moody's actions. (school districts' general obligation debt downgraded)

CHICAGO -- Moody's Investors Service yesterday downgraded the general obligation debt ratings of seven school districts in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan region and upgraded two others.

The rating actions were taken in conjunction with the release of a special report on the 40 school districts in the metropolitan region for which Moody's has outstanding GO ratings. Those 40 districts have a total of $827 million of GO debt, according to Ann Lowenthal, vice president and manager of Plains region ratings at Moody's.

The downgrades of the seven school districts affected $96.45 million of outstanding GO debt. Nearly half of that debt -- $42.2 ...

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