Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen said the Federal Open Market Committee expects the fed funds rate to be increased gradually "over the next few years."
Despite discussing reinvestment policy, no decision was made.
Chicago's top suburban customer and Illinois' largest water wholesaler bought land for a treatment plant in Northbrook, saying it will strike out on its own.
The approval clears the way for groundbreaking on a bridge that the two states have been trying to replace for 12 years.
More funding went to oil and gas subsidies than into green energy projects in recent years, according to panelists at Milken Institute's Global Conference.
Charter schools had the most impairments in the past 12 months.
Municipal bond mutual funds saw another week of inflows as investors added $1.053 billion in the week ending Wednesday, the second-largest figure this year.
In a new debt profile report, the Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the MTA will be pressured if congestion pricing tolls in Manhattan are blocked.