Fitch Ratings has warned it may downgrade the United States’ AAA credit amid a worsening showdown over the country’s debt limit. The agency late Wednesday put the nation’s issuer default rating on rating watch negative. The warning comes as Washington has been unable to reach a deal to avoid breaching the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt limit,
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Net immigration to the UK rose to a record high of 606,000 in 2022, driven by rising numbers of people from outside the EU, including from Ukraine and Hong Kong. The figures fell short of estimates of about 700,000 but remain far above the Conservative government’s 2010 pledge to reduce net immigration to the “tens
Minnesota lawmakers ended their 2023 session after passing a two-year budget with new funding for schools and social services, a $2.6 billion capital package, and a tax package that raises some taxes and fees on top earners and corporations while providing rebates for others and paying off debt for the NFL Vikings’ stadium. The budget
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The Boerum Hill brownstone one-bedroom rental was small but nicely renovated. At the first open house, there were 15 appointments. Most of those renters made offers, some in excess of the $3,500 monthly asking price. The Upper West Side townhouse, renovated for sale, received an offer to rent for $35,000 before the renovation was completed
UK inflation dropped to 8.7 per cent in April, a smaller fall than the Bank of England expected, raising pressure on the central bank to keep increasing interest rates. The figure will come as a blow to ministers and the central bank because the fall in consumer price inflation from 10.1 per cent in March
A restructuring plan for bankrupt Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific could be finalized by September and it expects to exit proceedings with an additional $46 million due to recent favorable market conditions. In a May 22 filing in a Texas Bankruptcy Court, Core Scientific’s lawyers said its liquidity position has improved considerably since it filed
Ethereum’s native Ether (ETH) token may be both a commodity and a security, the former commissioner of the United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission has claimed. Speaking on a May 23 episode of Laura Shin’s Unchained podcast, Dan Berkovitz, who is also the former general counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission, said that it’s
A major activist investor is betting stalled return-to-office plans will stir up more trouble in commercial real estate. Land and Buildings’ Jonathan Litt has been shorting REITs with high office space exposure for three years, and he has no plans to shift gears. “If you have no rent growth and your vacancies are going up
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Municipals resumed their selloff Tuesday, while U.S. Treasuries were slightly weaker and equities ended down as debt ceiling negotiations and Fed policy uncertainties hang over financial markets. Triple-A yields rose from two to five basis points on the one-year and up to 10 basis points across the rest of the curve. Municipal to UST ratios
A ruling by federal officials that could make or break New Jersey’s first major offshore wind farm project is expected this summer. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released its Final Environmental Impact Statement for the $1.6 billion Ocean Wind 1 project, a state-supported plan by Danish energy
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The UK will escape a recession this year, the IMF said on Tuesday, adding that the country’s economy had been “buoyed by resilient demand in the context of declining energy prices”. But the fund cautioned that Britain risked being stuck with persistent inflation unless interest rates stayed high for longer. “Economic activity has slowed significantly
After selling off last week, municipals saw some pressure ease as triple-A yields rose only a few basis points while U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended mixed. Municipal to UST ratios were steady. The two-year muni-Treasury ratio Monday was at 71%, the three-year at 72%, the five-year at 71%, the 10-year at 69% and
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Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia on Thursday announced the recipients of $225 million of federal health and public facilities development grants funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The state selected142 projects from a crowded field of proposals submitted by local governments and nonprofit organizations as per federal regulation that would help “improve