Mar.05 — Sean Carney, head of municipal strategy at BlackRock, and Bloomberg’s Flynn McRoberts examine the new revenue plan for the state of Illinois as it faces mounting pension liabilities. They speak on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas.”
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