FRIDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2021 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting will be […]
JAPAN DEC HOUSEHOLD SPENDING SLIPS Y/Y BUT OCT-DEC GAIN POINTS TO Q4 GDP GROWTH
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s household spending in December suffered the first year-on-year drop in three months, albeit modest, as more people turned cautious about eating out and traveling outside their areas, data released Friday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed. But the key indicator of private consumption marked the second […]
BOE GIVES BANKS 6 MONTHS NOTICE TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE SUB-ZERO RATES
— Leaves rates, QE Programme Unchanged After February Rate-Setting Meeting By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The Bank of England has asked UK financial institutions to begin a six month preparation period in the event the UK economy requires the additional stimulus of a sub-zero base rate. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee “concluded that it would […]