{"id":798707,"date":"2019-06-27T15:03:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=798707"},"modified":"2019-06-28T16:01:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T21:01:39","slug":"smith-countys-credit-rating-upgraded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=798707","title":{"rendered":"Smith County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Credit Rating Upgraded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-798157 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2019\/06\/smithcounty-seal-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2019\/06\/smithcounty-seal-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2019\/06\/smithcounty-seal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2019\/06\/smithcounty-seal.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>TYLER &#8212; Smith County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s credit rating has been upgraded this year by Moody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Investor Service. County Auditor Ann Wilson reported to the Commissioners Court on Tuesday that the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s general obligation limited tax and long-term issuer rating was upgraded from Aa2 to Aa1. Smith County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s credit strengths were listed as healthy and stable financial reserve levels, a favorable tax base growth and a modest balance sheet leverage. According to a press release County Judge Nathaniel Moran said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The ratings upgrade is a reflection of the strong fiscal policies that the court has put into place during the last few years.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He went on to say, &#8220;The rating also considered the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s modest debt burden with rapid principal amortization, as well as below average income indices.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 For more more details, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moodys.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.moodys.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Smith County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s credit rating has been upgraded this year by Moody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Investor Service. County Auditor Ann Wilson reported to the Commissioners Court on Tuesday that the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s general obligation limited tax and long-term issuer rating was upgraded from Aa2 to Aa1. Smith County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s credit strengths were listed as healthy and stable financial reserve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=798707\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Credit Rating Upgraded<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":798157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-798707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 22:50:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=798707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":798708,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798707\/revisions\/798708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/798157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=798707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=798707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=798707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}