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Janet Yellen cautioned that Donald Trump’s criticism of Federal Reserve policy threatens the institution she ran for four years, adding that it’s “not a desirable thing for a president to comment so explicitly on Fed policy.”

John Taylor, once considered a finalist to run the Federal Reserve, played down concerns that President Donald Trump’s criticism of the U.S. central bank would undermine the institution’s independence.

In this year alone, the city awarded more than $3.7 billion to minority and women-owned business enterprises.

President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve is moving too fast with interest-rate increases and dismissed concerns about inflation.

U.S. interest-rate increases will help reduce risk-taking in financial markets, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said.

The better-than-expected growth rates in the U.S. economy are set to dissipate unless productivity picks up, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said.

The New York City Comptroller is encouraging greater diversity among investment managers hired by the city’s pension funds.

John F. Kennedy International Airport gets its day in the redevelopment sun with the announcement of a $13 billion plan.

The undertaking, for which the city has already allocated $760 million, seeks to establish flood protection 2.4 miles from Montgomery Street north to East 25th Street.

The Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates at a gradual pace in order to extend the economic recovery while keeping inflation in check, Chairman Jerome Powell said.

The New York City Economic Development Corp. made a $30 million seed investment in Cyber NYC.

Stringer called for a chief diversity officer in every city agency, stronger building code enforcement, and procurement time frames.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell played down the signal being sent by a flatter yield curve and said the risk of recession was not especially high.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell said the removal of “accommodative” from the post-Federal Open Market Committee meeting statement doesn’t “represent a change in policy.”

Transportation research nonprofit TRIP said more than 7% of the state's bridges -- more than 300 -- are structurally deficient.

A three decade veteran of the municipal market, Marjorie Henning was most recently a director in the municipal securities division at Citigroup.

Amid hurricanes and other natural disasters and with federal funding a wild card, municipalities and states adjust.

Jerome Powell has already put his own stamp on Federal Reserve communications. If he wants to shake things up a little more, he’s got a number of options.

Legacy costs are crowding out programmatic spending, according to a report by the Citizens Budget Commission's Ana Champeny and Maria Doulis.

The flattening of the U.S. Treasury yield curve can be a misleading signal of recession, New York City’s Bureau of Asset Management said.