The state of California’s ‘AA’ Issuer Default Rating (IDR) incorporates the state’s large and diverse economy, which supports strong, albeit cyclical, revenue growth prospects, a solid ability to manage expenses through the economic cycle and a moderately low level of long-term liabilities. Strong fiscal management, institutionalized across administrations and demonstrated through the buildup of the budgetary stabilization account (BSA) and elimination of past budgetary borrowing, allows the state to better withstand economic and revenue cyclicality.
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