The downgrade of Illinois’s IDR and related ratings reflects the unprecedented failure of
the state to enact a full budget for two consecutive years and the financial implications of
spending far in excess of available revenues, which has resulted in increased accumulated
liabilities and reduced financial flexibility. Even if the current attempts at a resolution to
the extended impasse prove successful, Fitch believes that the failure to act to date has
fundamentally weakened the state’s financial profile.
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