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While financial and economic shocks can't be prevented altogether, certain factors can worsen the shock, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren.

There is a pervasive belief that Joe Biden is likely to be more effective reaching across the aisle than Donald Trump.

Skanska and its Elizabeth River Crossings partner, Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, will sell the concession to an Abertis Infraestructuras S.A.-led venture.

Rachael Fauss of watchdog Reinvent Albany discusses the importance of transparency amid the pandemic. She also explores state-agency debt and the Fed's Municipal Liquidity Facility. Paul Burton and Andrew Coen host. Recorded Nov. 2 (19 minutes)

MBTA officials insist the moves, which include a capital-to-operating budget shift, are necessary to help seal a coronavirus-related $579 million operating gap.

Daily report for November 10, 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Henry Ford Village continuing care retirement community over the fiscal cliff and into a Chapter 11 filing.

Municipal yields rose as much as five basis points on the long end, but the losses were not as pronounced as UST. Light dealer inventories and scarce secondary trading let munis outperform Treasuries.

Jeanne Holm, appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti, will help guide the city government through its worst financial crisis in a decade.

The IRS will post quarterly updates of its enforcement strategy on the webpage of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division-Compliance Programs and Priorities.

Among the measures, Arkansas voters voted to make a temporary transportation sales tax permanent and Arizona voters raised income taxes on high earners.

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) gained to 97.57 in October from 96.33 in September, but remains 11.1% lower than a year ago, the group announced Monday.

Opening a bank or investment account — or even securing employment in a racism-free workplace — is out of reach for many Black Americans.

The 10 award winners are finalists for the national Deal of the Year Award, which will be announced at a virtual event on Dec. 16.

Daily report for November 09, 2020.

The former vice president spearheaded the Obama administration’s implementation of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

S&P Global Ratings downgrades the Garden State's general obligation bonds one notch to BBB-plus from A-minus.

As the week drew to a close, municipal bond market participants looked ahead to a smaller-than-usual supply slate dominated by revenue bond deals.

Democratic control of the Senate is considered crucial to many of the public finance sector’s priorities, although some muni groups are optimistic about 2021 with either party in the majority.

The October employment report was stronger than predicted, with a 638,000 rise in nonfarm payrolls and a full percentage point decline in the unemployment rate, suggesting the economy continues to improve despite the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases.