Mike & Co. As the dust settles slowly on the Hill following the shock the Boehner resignation/retirement, it’s easier to see where we stand on the fiscal and financial issues immediately affected by it. Trump and his tax plan make a cameo (he’s great). Best, Dana ———— For the third straight year, the federal government …
Fiscal/Financial Issues as the Dust Settles (Sep. 29) Read More »
Mike & Co. — Below, an initial look at what Speaker Boehner’s resignation means for the budget process, issues like Ex-Im reauthorization, trade, and GSE reform as well as for the House Financial Services Committee. We can look at the debt limit, the Highway bill, and other issues as you wish. Good weekends all, …
Boehner's Resignation — Impact on Fiscal/Financial Legislation (Sep. 25) Read More »
Mike & Co. — The fiscal year-endgame for the FY 2016 budget and the budget itself are coming into view. When the dust settles, we will probably have a CR funding the USG at current levels with a few exceptions noticed below throughDecember 11. Good seeing a number of you in Brooklyn the last few …
Mike & Co. — The shutdown watch is on. The slow machinery of the Senate is giving the House, which usually acts first on continuing resolutions, precious little time to figure out if it can live with a clean CR and if the House GOP rank and file can abide the price that Democrats are …
Mike & Co. — With the Iranian Nuclear Agreement exiting center stage on the Hill in short order, attention will now turn to the biggest and most symbolic fiscal and financial policy debate of the year, with deadlines looming on the FY 2016 budget this month and on the debt limit a couple of months …
Mike and Co. — I hope you are well and had a change to get away during August. With Congress back in session, I’m resuming the daily write-ups of legislative developments in fiscal and financial policy. Following the write-up is a list of issues I plan to cover in the coming days. As always, thoughts …
Yesterday in midtown, 350 creditors, mainly hedge funds and money managers, gathered to hear from Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro García Padilla, who had announced two weeks ago that the Commonwealth is no longer be able to service its $72 billion debt. But Padilla promised them only that the government would soon offer formal recommendations for restructuring the debt outside …
