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Federal Reserve officials engaged in a detailed debate about inflation while keeping the door open for a September announcement on the timing of balance-sheet reductions, according to minutes from their policy meeting in July.
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New York City’s economy grew 3.3% in the second quarter – more than double the 1.5% growth rate seen in the same period last year, according to an analysis released on Wednesday by City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
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Fitch Ratings said it has downgraded the ratings of the United States Virgin Islands and the USVI Public Finance Authority.
August 16 -
New Jersey’s plan to
transfer lottery revenues toward pension funding fails to tackle the state's
immediate liability woes, according to Moody’s Investors Service.August 16 -
Municipal bonds were weaker at midday, according to traders, as the gilt-edged state of Maryland came to market with two competitive sales won by BAML and Citi.
August 16 -
Attorneys dismiss complaints over valuation of amenities in $102 million bond sale as “sophistry.”
August 16 -
The channels to communicate with investors – things like investor websites - make it easy and cost effective even for small bond issuers to do so effectively.
August 16
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Suzanne Shank, co-founder of Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., was honored at the Black Girls Rock! 2017 award show, the BET television network’s annual celebration of top African-American women in the fields of finance, entertainment and politics.
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Municipal bond traders are set to see the state of Maryland come to market with two top-quality competitive sales on Wednesday.
August 16 -
With inflation slipping in recent months and not hitting the Federal Reserve’s 2% target in years, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic urged a “wait and see” approach on rate hikes in a televised interview Wednesday.
August 16 -
The pace of housing starts fell by 4.8% to a 1.155 million seasonally adjusted annual rate in July, well below expectations for a rise to a 1.220 million pace, data reported by the Commerce Department Wednesday morning showed.
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The New York region's service sector activity "picked up," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's August Business Leaders Survey, released Tuesday.
August 16 -
Trump said lengthy permitting process denies "our citizens the modern infrastructure they deserve.”
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Top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Tuesday, according to traders, as several big competitive deals sold in the primary market, led by a high-quality offering from Mecklenburg County, N.C.
August 15 -
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation was dropped from the single A category by Moody’s Investors Service.
August 15 -
The Oversight Board has asked the bankruptcy judge to approve compensation for a team led by Martha Kopacz, who served in a similar role in Detroit's bankruptcy.
August 15 -
A letter-ruling shows the IRS is flexible and helpful to a public utility.
August 15 -
Thirty-year veteran of William Blair's public finance team lands at Raymond James.
August 15 -
Chicago can't shake pension strains, CPS mess, and state dysfunction as it shows off economic and fiscal strides.
August 15 -
There will be a $100 million bond to fix Midland's roads and other aging infrastructure on the November ballot.
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