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• Laurence Msall Column in Crain's Chicago Business, "No state or local government can weather this crisis on its own" Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Goings on for Illinois Agencies

  Laurence Msall wrote a column for Crain's Chicago Business, May 8, 2020, asserting that no state or local government can weather this crisis on its own. His argument is that to exclude Illinois, Chicago or other major governments from future rounds of federal relief because of past bad fiscal decisionmaking are misguided and threaten full national economic recovery.

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• May 2020 IMET Monthly Newsletter Friday, May 15, 2020 in Monthly Newsletters

  May 2020 IMET Monthly Newsletter

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• Updated GFOA Best Practice: Using Safekeeping and Third-Party Custodian Services Thursday, April 30, 2020 in Press

  The safety of public funds should be the primary investment objective of all governments.  One of the most important protections and a control against fraud is the separation of the safekeeping function from the investment function.

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• Federal Reserve Press Release Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in Press

  The Federal Reserve left rates unchanged at its April policy meeting, while its statement addressed the dramatic deterioration of the economic outlook since their last meeting in March and made clear they are “committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time.” The committee kept the interest rate paid on required and excess reserves unchanged at 0.10%.

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• IMET Rolls Out Improved Simplified Monthly Forecasting Tool Monday, April 27, 2020 in Press

  IMET Rolls Out Improved Simplified Monthly Forecasting Tool

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• Governor Pritzker’s 2020 Revenue Forecast Revision Thursday, April 23, 2020 in Goings on for Illinois Agencies

  Governor Pritzker’s 2020 Revenue Forecast Revision

   

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• S&P Global Ratings Publishes on U.S. Public Finance and COVID-19 Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Press View More
• April 2020 IMET Monthly Newsletter Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Monthly Newsletters

  April 2020 IMET Monthly Newsletter

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• GFOA Fiscal First Aid “Cash is King” Thursday, April 2, 2020 in Press

  GFOA Fiscal First Aid “Cash is King”  

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• GFOA Debt Committee Releases Urgent Member Guidance for COVID-19 Debt Service and Disclosures Thursday, April 2, 2020 in Press

  GFOA Debt Committee Releases Urgent Member Guidance for COVID-19 Debt Service and Disclosures

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