The Curious Timing Of Fargo's Economic Outlook Downgrade

This weeks' announcement that Moody's is downgrading Fargo economic outlook is likely a long time in the making, but one has to wonder "why now?"

This week, news broke that Moody’s, the credit rating agency that all of North Dakota’s state and local governments rely on for credit ratings and fiscal forcasting is downgrading the City of Fargo’s economic outlook.

A renowned institution has downgraded Fargo’s financial outlook from stable to negative, a move one city commissioner called "disastrous."

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