In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ajit Jain at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles, California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller | CNBC Ajit Jain, Warren’s Buffett’s insurance chief and top executive, sold more than half of his stake in Berkshire Hathaway, a new regulatory filing showed. The 73-year-old vice
Municipal triple-A scales were little changed Wednesday, ignoring the U.S. Treasury market’s weaker tone following August inflation data that tempered expectations of a higher rate cut this month, while investors focused on the muni primary as more large new-issues cleared the market. The August consumer price index showed inflation remains above the Federal Reserve’s target
Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.Bloomberg News Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic violated the central bank’s trading rules and policies in 2022, according to a government watchdog report. The Federal Reserve’s Office of the Inspector General, or OIG, released the findings from its review
In this article BAC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4, 2024.  CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway offloaded another chunk of Bank of America shares, bringing its total sales to more than $7 billion since mid-July and reducing its stake
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. With today’s data showing the US inflation rate slowing to 2.5 per cent, conditions in America’s labour market remain all-important for the 25 vs 50 basis point rate cut debate facing the Federal Reserve next
Texas Children’s Hospital, which was hit with rating downgrades this summer in the wake of operating losses, is moving ahead with an approximately $222 million revenue bond sale this week.  The tax-exempt, fixed-rate debt issued through the Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. is scheduled to price Thursday. Proceeds are earmarked for capital projects
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. “Middle-income countries are home to three out of every four people — and nearly two-thirds of those who struggle in extreme poverty. They are responsible for 40 per cent of the world’s total economic output
Efforts by Muni Pride to align with other public finance affinity groups are reaping dividends for the group, which has grown to more than 100 individuals since its inception in 2019. The California-based national LGBTQ+ networking group will host its next event Oct. 1 in New York City. Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell will offer
Municipals were little changed Monday as U.S. Treasuries were mixed and equities were in the black. As the market awaits the onslaught of new-issuance, muni underperformance to USTs continues from last week’s moves. “As USTs were rallying, dealers noted slightly better volumes but continued to report a slow grind as accounts are eyeing the heavy
For months, economists have wrestled with the disconnect between how well the economy is doing and how badly people feel about their financial standing. Now, evidence suggests that the so-called “vibecession,” or that prolonged period of negative sentiment about the economy, appears to be ending, according to Michael Pearce, deputy chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.  As inflation cools