Economy

The mayor touted his millionaire's tax while his Democratic challenger backs congestion pricing.

East Jefferson General Hospital’s bonds were downgraded to B3 from Ba3 by Moody's Investors Service.

The nation's largest Catholic healthcare system will acquire Illinois' largest Catholic system.

Matthew Driscoll is the new executive director.

The district faces growing enrollment amid shrinking financial support.

Manufacturing in the central Atlantic region “largely unchanged in August,” according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index remained 14.

The city priced refunding bonds for Philadelphia Gas Works.

The bonds will take out $210.7 million of bond anticipation notes issued last week to redeem $246 million of private activity bonds.

The district's debt holders must vote on a new Chapter 9 plan of adjustment.

Moody's says the South Carolina Public Service Authority’s delay on rates is a credit negative.

The State Bond Commission Thursday gave authority to start seeking loans on the second phase of a massive LSU project that includes a mixed-use development on Nicholson Drive and tearing down 52-year-old Kirby Smith Hall dormitory.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in August, but at a slower pace than in July, as the general business conditions index decreased to 18.9 from 19.5 in July, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

The investor-owned utility said South Carolina officials will review the canceled project.

Key's acquisition will expand investment banking services while focusing on the health care sector.

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.

There will be a $100 million bond to fix Midland's roads and other aging infrastructure on the November ballot.

About $1 million will go to service the city's street bond debt, leaving the Duluth with $2.8 million for actual work.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "business activity grew strongly in New York State," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday, as the general business conditions index soared to 25.2 in August from 9.8 in July.

West Virginia Parkways Authority General Manager Greg Barr said the agency is getting the ball rolling on the process to sell bonds to finance roads projects.

A new measure of the natural rate of unemployment implies “the elimination of labor market slack,” according to an Economic Letter published Monday.