Parking System That Rescued Pennsylvania Capital Cut to Junk

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Bonds that financed the lease of the parking system for Harrisburg, which helped solve the fiscal crisis in the Pennsylvania capital, were cut to junk by S&P Global Ratings because of lower than expected revenue.

The ratings company Thursday loweredBloomberg Terminal the grade on the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority’s parking bonds two steps to BB+, the first level into speculative grade.