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City Budget Director Melanie Hartzog discusses the $89.16 billion fiscal 2019 budget, spending priorities, reserves and the dynamic between Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office and the City Council. Chip Barnett and Paul Burton host.

The revenue index dropped to 21.5, from 25.4, a three-year high.

Service sector “activity was robust in August,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey.

Firms reported difficulty finding skilled workers, as manufacturing expansion continued.

The consumer confidence index increased to 133.4 in August from a revised 127.9 last month.

Home prices rose 6.2% on an annual basis in June, not seasonally adjusted, down from a 6.4% gain in May.

The municipal bond market will see under $4 billion of new paper to close out the month and market participants remain hopeful volume will spike in September and stay strong into the fall.

Wilshire Consulting said the aggregate funded ratio for U.S. state pension plans remained unchanged between and first and second quarters of 2018 at 70.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous 12 months.

The ceasing of casino revenue sharing payments continues to hamper the credit conditions of Niagara Falls, N.Y., according to S&P Global Ratings.

A huge surplus and strong state economy could drive demand for the upcoming $989 million offering.

Jacksonville-based JEA wants the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia to vote against continuing the project.

More than a decade after voters created the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas with $3 billion of bond funding, the state is nearing that goal with a $322 million deal this week.

Portfolio managers say taxable alternatives have appeared cheaper lately when compared to the short end of the tax-exempt yield curve.

While flattening yield curves may signal a rising risk for recession, the curve that has proven most accurate in foretelling a downturn is far from inverting.

The municipal bond market will see under $4 billion of new paper to close out the month and market participants remain hopeful volume will spike in September and stay strong into the fall.

A week after pricing the largest airport bond issue in its history, Denver will close on the deal with a goal of remodeling the still youthful aviation hub.

Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, “maintained its strong momentum in August.”

Massachusetts returns to the municipal bond market this week as it prepares to offer general obligation bonds ahead of the Labor Day holiday

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for July declined to 0.13 from an upwardly revised 0.48 in June.

A COFINA bondholder group welcomed the plan as a step toward consummating the COFINA restructuring agreement-in-principal.