...Rating Outlook Stable for All Sectors: Fitch Ratings expects most U.S. Public Finance ratings to maintain Stable Outlooks in 2015. In addition, Fitch anticipates that most rating actions in 2015 will be affirmations. The acceleration of U.S. economic growth, stimulated by oil price declines, will generally support revenue growth at the state and local levels and improve revenue generation for public enterprises; however, all the sectors will continue to face varying degrees of fiscal, economic and regulatory uncertainties in 2015. Sector Outlooks Nearly All Stable: Fitch expects the sector outlook of eight of the nine sectors in the U.S. public finance space to be stable. The sectors with a stable outlook include: U.S. local governments, U.S. states, nonprofit continuing care retirement, U.S. public power and electric cooperatives, water and sewer, state housing finance agencies, U.S. colleges and universities, and U.S. transportation infrastructure. The U.S. nonprofit hospitals and healthcare...
