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Six of the eight audits — including the Building Authority audit disclosed Monday — involve IRS Form 8038-CP.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board doubled professional fees for municipal advisors last week.

Questions from transit observers and advocates followed the announcement by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of its $51.5 billion capital program.

A rate cut alone probably won't avert a recession. A rate cut combined with a ceasefire in the trade war might, according to one market strategist.

Gerrard Bushell is leaving the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York after four and a half years as president and CEO.

Moody's Investors Service said the uptick in prepaid gas volume reflects a wider spread between tax-exempt and taxable yields.

Middle East unrest, oil price volatility and a Fed policy meeting all combine to weigh on this week’s $10B new-issue calendar.

GASB is taking action because changing the reference rate on the hedge is ordinarily considered a termination event.

The Federal Open Market Committee meeting featuring the release of a new Summary of Economic Projections should give the market a better clue as to whether the expected rate cut is part of a mid-cycle adjustment or the second step in an easing cycle.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's budget gap report comes amid deliberations on the MTA's five-year capital plan that raise accusations of secrecy.

The Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates this week as its takes out some insurance to keep the U.S. economic expansion continuing in the face of geo-political uncertainty and a global slowdown.

The proposed change would create a hurricane reconstruction coordinator. an audit of the island’s debt, and federal funding for the Oversight Board.

Municipal yields and issuance plans both rose, showing market participants aren't uncertain about the meeting, with a quarter point cut in interest rates baked in.

The state will encounter budget gaps in the following two years, according to a new long-range revenue forecast.

Despite his pessimism about legislation, Mayor Steve Benjamin was upbeat about the effort by himself and other advocates of the municipal bond industry to get out their message.

City tours, panel discussions, and remarks from the mayor and chief financial officer are planned.

A new legal bulletin was requested by SEC Chair Jay Clayton after he observed lawyers noting that some platforms put financial disclosure under more scrutiny.

Two incentive programs expired on July 1, and Gov. Phil Murphy vetoed a bill to extend them unchanged.

Lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would set up a commission to study if the state should require the machine-readable accounting program.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Puerto Rico will have to look for an alternative to the Act 154 tax.