Seven years ago, I strode through the long black-and-white corridors of the White House’s Executive Office of the President to a room occupied by Peter Navarro, adviser to the then president Donald Trump. Navarro’s desk was buried beneath piles of paper. “I’m always messy,” the economist laughed, and presented a 140-page report with an American
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21026447/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were firmer Friday ahead of the first full week of the New Year and ahead of a $5 billion-plus new-issue calendar while U.S. Treasuries saw modest losses and equities made gains. Triple-A yields fell up to seven basis points on the one-year, depending on the scale, while UST
The Proton Center of Arkansas, one of a series of struggling, bond-financed cancer treatment centers across the country.The Proton Center of Arkansas The new year rang in fresh signs of distress at a pair of long-struggling cancer treatments centers in Maryland and Arkansas financed with bonds through Wisconsin’s conduit issuer the Public Finance Authority. The
Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, announced the $10 million settlement in the fraud case on Thursday.Bloomberg News A former Los Angeles County physician, a non-profit medical center he founded, a laboratory he co-owned, and an executive at these entities have agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare
“The largest share of the higher revenue is from one-time litigation proceeds and year-end accounting adjustments related to prior-year cost recoveries,” said Washington, D.C., CFO Glen Lee.Christopher Mobley The latest revenue estimate from the District of Columbia’s chief financial officer shows a positive $169.7 million bump in actual inflows compared to the estimates that were
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. His office did not immediately respond to Bank of America and Morgan Stanley leaving the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and the moves’ impact on a review of the banks launched by his office in 2023 that could lead to them being banned from
Bond financing will accelerate plans to upgrade U.S. 275 in Nebraska to an expressway, said Vicki Kramer, director of the state Department of Transportation.Nebraska Department of Transportation The Nebraska State Highway Commission has signed off on the state’s first bond issue for a highway project. The commission on Dec. 6 unanimously approved a resolution authorizing
The UK’s City minister Tulip Siddiq was given a central London apartment by a person connected with the party of the recently ousted Bangladeshi government. Siddiq, economic secretary to the Treasury, was handed a two-bedroom flat near King’s Cross in 2004 without making a payment, according to previously unreported Land Registry filings. The filings indicate
Residential 19th century style residential buildings in historic center of Paris, France. Kolderal | Moment | Getty Images Europe’s real estate sector is poised for further recovery in 2025, as investment activity picks up and growth returns across key market segments, analysts have predicted. A gradual uptick in transactions in 2024 looks set to gain
The UK will return to growth this year but the upturn will not be strong enough to spare the Labour government from raising taxes again before the next election, according to an annual Financial Times poll of economists. The survey of 96 leading economists found that, although the UK is likely to outperform France and
&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21015256/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; Municipals kicked off 2025 with a stronger tone Thursday as investors began to employ January reinvestment dollars while U.S. Treasuries were choppy and closed the session mixed and equities saw losses. Investors pulled more money from municipal bond mutual funds in the final reporting week of 2024, but high-yield
Homes in the Westchester County, New York, community of Larchmont.Bloomberg News Westchester County, New York, plans to issue roughly $189 million in general obligation bonds, with Fitch Ratings giving the debt a top-tier AAA rating. The affluent county on New York City’s northern border, home to suburbs like Scarsdale and Rye, will use the proceeds
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tesla has registered its first fall in vehicle deliveries in more than a decade, as its fourth-quarter figures missed analysts’ estimates, pushing the shares down 5 per cent. The company said on Thursday that it
A for sale sign is displayed outside of a home for sale on August 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. United States real estate industry rules governing agent commissions will change on August 17 as part of a legal settlement between the National Association of Realtors and home sellers. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon /
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s vision to reshape the world’s largest economy through protectionist policies that put “America First” will damage growth, according to Financial Times economists’ polls that contrast with investors’ bullishness over the US
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At least 10 people were killed and 35 injured after a man drove a vehicle into a large crowd in the heart of New Orleans in an attack that the FBI is investigating as an
The US’s S&P 500 index has risen more than 20 per cent for the second year in a row, as investor excitement about artificial intelligence fuels strong gains in megacap technology stocks. Despite a sell-off in December, the basket of blue-chip stocks has ended 2024 up 23.3 per cent, following a 24.2 per cent gain
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20997687/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals had a stronger tone Tuesday as investors closed their books ahead of the New Year holiday while U.S. Treasuries were mixed and equities saw losses for the final session of 2024. While municipals have outperformed USTs on the whole in 2024, they will close December with losses. How
Home Depot navigated a challenging 2024 marked by elevated interest rates and a cautious consumer. But as the year progressed, signs of recovery emerged, setting the stage for a rebound in 2025, fueled by increased housing turnover and pent-up demand in the home improvement market. Year-to-date performance: up 12% Forward price-to-earnings multiple: 25 versus a
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, said the department would deploy special measures to avoid a borrowing default starting in mid-January while Congress takes up a debate over lifting the debt ceiling. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg The U.S. borrowing cap resumes on midnight Wednesday, bringing with it the risk of a prolonged political impasse that invites market