With the passage of President Biden’s $1.9 billion relief package, which includes substantial aid to states and cities, some commentators think Covid-19 threatened city budgets are now safe. But the welcome relief package is a one-time revenue injection and cities still face several budget dangers. Municipal bond rating agencies reacted positively to the bill. Moody’s Investor Services changed their
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Founder & CEO at CM Square, a company delivering PropTech and AI services for Asia’s customers. One question is always at the top of the priority list for professional and institutional real estate investors: How do we make a higher profit and maximize it throughout property transactions and operations? Traditionally, real estate markets are slow-moving, and
White House Chief Medical Adviser on Covid-19 Dr. Anthony Fauci listens as US President Joe Biden (out of frame) speaks about the 50 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine shot administered in the US during an event commemorating the milestone in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, February 25, 2021. Saul Loeb |
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures moved higher in overnight trading and pointed to gains at the open on Monday, continuing last week’s rally that led the Dow and S&P 500 to record highs. Dow futures rose 95 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.26% and Nasdaq
Another round of stimulus checks are on the way. Direct deposits will start hitting Americans’ bank accounts as soon as this weekend, according to the White House. As part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the $1,400 checks top off the $600 stimulus payments that were issued in December — providing Americans with $2,000 in addition to
President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law on Thursday, March 11, 2021. The law provides $1.9 trillion of tax and financial relief to businesses and individuals and includes a provision that makes a taxpayer’s first $10,200 of unemployment compensation (UC) non-taxable at the federal level. Many taxpayers who were waiting to see if
Buying versus renting is more affordable in some cities according to realtor.com. A new analysis finds that low mortgage rates have made it more affordable to buy than rent in a growing number of metros. Realtor.com recently analyzed the numbers. As low mortgage rates continue into 2021 “buying a home was equal to or more
A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent wears a protective mask and stands behind a protective barrier while screening a traveler at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images TSA officers screened 1,357,111 people at airports on Friday, marking the highest number
Signage is displayed on the ZoomInfo Technologies headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Scott Eisen | Bloomberg | Getty Images How are investors supposed to find stocks poised to outperform amid the latest round of market volatility? One way is by following the activity of analysts with proven stock picking abilities. TipRanks
College dreams are not what they used to be. Up until this year, high school senior Jason Neuharth, 18, was set on attending a technical school in his home state of Minnesota. “I was adamant on going to college — this was going to be my future,” he said. But the last 12 months of
Today’s column addresses questions about how far in advance you can apply to begin Social Security retirement benefits, whether new income will increase benefits and the ability to delay retirement benefits while receiving survivor’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc,
Ken Ashley’s a Cushman & Wakefield tenant rep practicing globally for over 25 years. He lives in ATL and thinks about real estate. A lot. I get asked two questions a lot: When do you think people will go back to the office, and do you think we will need less space now that everyone is
A lab technician dedicated to the vaccines formulation, wearing Personal Protective Equipment, prepares stainless steel tanks for manufacturing vaccines preparations before the syringe filling phase, at a French pharmaceutical company Sanofi’s world distribution centre in Val-de-Reuil. Joel Saget | AFP via Getty Images Paul Hudson is the CEO of Sanofi. The French pharmaceutical company has
krisanapong detraphiphat | Moment | Getty Images When investing in the markets, many forces can affect your portfolio and how you invest, but very few of them have a bigger impact than interest rates and where the 10-year Treasury stands. An interest rate is simply the amount charged by a lender to a borrower for
Tetra Images | Tetra images | Getty Images The rules governing flexible spending accounts are temporarily more generous to workers, thanks to two pieces of legislation. The American Rescue Plan — the $1.9 trillion Covid-relief package signed into law on Thursday by President Joe Biden — boosts the amount that companies can let workers put
Tucked inside the American Rescue Act is a tax change that has big implications for tax revenue and the gig economy. Starting for tax year 2022, many contractors with gig economy companies like Uber UBER , DoorDash and Lyft LYFT will be getting 1099 forms when they previously wouldn’t have. The end result is that
President & CEO of The NHP Foundation, not-for-profit provider of affordable housing. As affordable housing practitioners, we know that every decision we make affects the thousands of residents living in our communities. And since no good decisions were ever made in a vacuum, The NHP Foundation relies on timely, cogent research to drive the work we
Some drivers may be noticing they are paying more for tires, and it may simply be because the vehicle they are driving comes with bigger wheels. A new set of trade tariffs also threaten to raise prices. The rise of the sport utility vehicle in America has also led to the rise of the SUV
Anne Hathaway attends “The Last Thing He Wanted” premiere at Eccles Center Theatre on January 27, 2020 in Park City, Utah. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway told CNBC Friday that a lack of female representation in positions of power is a something that “can be torn down at any moment, when
David-Prado | iStock | Getty Images Those $1,400 stimulus checks are starting to hit bank accounts this weekend. The IRS announced on Friday that the first batch is going out via direct deposit. It is unclear exactly how many of the estimated 159 million payments are scheduled to be sent in this first deployment. The