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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s dinner on Monday with President Donald Trump was “casual” and “productive,” and may happen again, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

A sharp drop in New York State income tax collections will force revisions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $175.2 billion budget proposal unveiled.

Former Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said he’s “amazed and baffled" at the attention the wind-down of the U.S. central bank’s balance sheet has been receiving.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell met President Donald Trump at the White House for dinner Monday to discuss the economy’s performance and outlook, but the central bank said its chief did not share his expectations for monetary policy.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said the Fed’s latest pause will help keep a “fundamentally healthy” economy on track.

With extreme weather more frequent, investors and rating agencies are scrutinizing the effects of resiliency measures on municipal budgets and reserve levels.

The compromise does not include a full federal takeover of the New York City Housing Authority, which the federal agency had threatened.

Issuers say a variety of factors make it difficult to get audits in any faster.

Monetary policy is “appropriate” and in the range of the estimates of neutral, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve said it will be “patient” on any future interest-rate moves and signaled flexibility on the path for reducing its balance sheet.

The Jan. 29-30 Federal Open Market Committee may provide information that could strengthen the bond market, if it offers further signals of an expected pause in rate hikes and a softening of its stance on balance sheet normalization, observers say.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's initiative aims to improve practices at the Department of Design and Construction, the city's leading construction management agency.

As the board delayed a vote on fare and toll increases, transit funding, performance metrics and the L-train tunnel project chaos permeated discussion.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will begin preliminary conversations about SEC Chair Jay Clayton's disclosure comments.

Leaders of the biggest U.S. banks don’t see 2018’s wild ending as reason enough for the Federal Reserve to reverse course.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo brokered a memorandum of understanding that ended a stalemate between Amtrak and the MTA to clear the way for new Metro-North service.

Public housing and a raft of social service programs are at serious risk with a continued federal government shutdown, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

With growth slowing and uncertainty in the economy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Friday, data will steer his view of future Fed activity.

Federal Reserve Governor Randal Quarles expressed optimism about the state of the U.S. economy, calling strong hiring and low inflation a “good environment” even as investors focus on mounting threats to growth.

The governor's tunnel plan tweak and call for even firmer control of the MTA reignited conflict among the state, New York City and the transit authority.