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Neal, the most influential advocate for tax-advantaged bonds in Congress, is assured re-election because Republicans are not fielding a candidate in November.

The Fed will have to "pivot from stabilization to accommodation" during the pandemic, Fed governor says.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell announced the group's new policy framework, but didn't explain why it would work.

Polling shows President Trump is currently the underdog in nine out of 11 battleground states.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced a new approach to monetary policy Thursday that takes a more relaxed stance on inflation and on its view of how low U.S. unemployment can go.

New York City's comptroller wants the mayor to pull the executive order he issued in March, when the city needed to quickly purchase ventilators and other coroavirus-related equipment.

Trump's bare-bones campaign agenda released Aug. 23 promises to “build the world’s greatest infrastructure system.”

A group of former Federal Reserve officials and staffers, including former Vice Chairman Alan Blinder, published an open letter Thursday calling on the U.S. Senate to reject President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judy Shelton to the central bank’s Board of Governors.

State economists project Florida will lose $5.4 billion of general revenues over the next two years, partly from reduced sales and lack of tourism.

The level of Washington aid is but one yardstick for the fiscal soundness of the city-owned system, says the watchdog Independent Budget Office.

Slow utility responses triggered legal action and calls for changes ranging from carrot-and-stick contracting agreements to a municipal takeover of Con Edison.

Former Vice President Joe Biden already is running on a muni-friendly campaign platform.

The move will enhance economic recovery from the coronavirus, the rating agency said.

Stringer sent a letter to Mayor de Blasio on Monday calling on the city to fully fund the indirect cost rate (ICR) initiative.

Sources say compromises on top line issues like unemployment insurance spells a higher likelihood for a COVID-19 relief bill to pass and more aid to state and local governments.

No surprises from the Fed, not much for it to do at this point.

Florida TaxWatch and environmentalists are urging Florida lawmakers to stop planning for the Suncoast Connector and others before millions are spent.

State revenues for fiscal 2020 came in 5.7% lower than Florida forecasters anticipated because of business disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The order also creates a chief diversity officer in all city agencies to help with the efforts.

Having people who are “outside the mainstream” on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors won’t create “huge amounts of problems” because they won’t set the path for monetary policy alone, former New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said.