SATURDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Saturday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 EDT  12:00PM                      In-House Pool Call Time 2:30PM                       Out-of-Town Pool Call Time  12:50PM                      THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. South Portico In-Town Travel Pool  12:55PM                      THE PRESIDENT arrives at Trump International […]

STATUS CHECK: THEN AND NOW, A DAY THAT SHOWS AMERICA TO ITSELF

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: Friday night and another typical week passes into history, but not before President Trump compared himself to Winston Churchill. He said he was not lying. He was advising the country to, “Keep calm […]

DATA PREVIEW: IS IT TOO EARLY TO CARE ABOUT 2023?

By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The upcoming week’s key events are concentrated into the middle of the week, with Wednesday’s FOMC meeting the highlight. While it is doubtful that the meeting will produce anything earth-shattering, it should confirm the shift in attention toward improving the employment situation and supporting the economic recovery rather than […]

FOMC PREPARES FOR FIRST MEETING IN NEW MONETARY FRAMEWORK ERA

By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – There was very little chance the Federal Reserve was going to raise interest rates anytime soon but, just to make sure, the Fed’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee gave itself a dual justification for holding rates down indefinitely with the new monetary policy framework it announced on Aug. 27 […]

ECB’S LANE: BASELINE FORECASTS BASED ON WIDESPREAD COVID JAB BY END-2021

By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The most recent ECB economic forecasts assume that a vaccine to combat Covid-19 virus could be available by the end of next year, according to the central bank’s chief economist, Philip Lane Friday.  The “baseline” estimates assume that “maybe a vaccine will be found by the middle of next […]

DATA FLASH: US AUGUST CPI RISE 0.4% ON SOLID CORE READING

–Core Prices Up 0.4%; Ex. Only Energy, CPI Still Up 0.3%.–Energy Prices Up 0.9%, Food Prices Up 0.1% By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The August consumer price data were stronger than expected, but still rose at a slower pace than in recent months. Headline CPI rose by 0.4% in August based on data released […]