SATURDAY/SUNDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the weekend public schedule for the White House: WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2019, THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 Saturday, September 7, 2019 EDT 9:30AM In-House Pool Call Time THE PRESIDENT has no public events scheduled. Sunday, September 8, 2019 EDT 9:30AM In-House Pool […]
POWELL: U.S. ECONOMY TO EXTEND MODERATE GROWTH; RECESSION UNLIKELY
By Laurie Laird ZURICH (MaceNews) – The U.S. economy will continue growing at a moderate pace, buoyed by a robust service sector and strong household spending, according to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. “The consumer’s in good shape, and the main expectation is not at all that there will be a recession,” Powell told a gathering […]
US TREASURY’S MNUCHIN: FURTHER FINANCIALLY ISOLATING CUBA
–Remittances to Cuban Relatives Limited to $1,000 a Quarter WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the U.S. Treasury’s announcement Friday of additional financial sanctions being applied to Cuba: Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) to further implement President Trump’s June 2017 National […]
CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT SURGES IN AUGUST
By Gordon Isfeld OTTAWA (MaceNews) – The Canadian economy produced a surprisingly strong gain in employment during August, adding 81,000 jobs — the majority being part-time positions — while the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.7 per cent for a third consecutive month. Full-time hiring accounted for 23,800 new jobs in August, while part-time hiring totaled […]
US JOBS REPORT A LITTLE SHORT OF BREATH BUT STILL JOGGING
–Workweek Rebounds; No Additional Wage Acceleration; Labor Participation Back to February By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The August jobs report Friday had some bright spots amid a somewhat subdued landscape, with the three-month average payrolls growth slowed to 156,000 even with a new and sizable injection of Census workers. The brightest spot was the […]