Wednesday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s public schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting will be closed press. In the […]
Fed’s Powell: Fed Will Be ‘Patient’ About Lessening Monetary Support for the Recovery
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pledged Tuesday the Fed will move “patiently” and with plenty of advance notice before it firms monetary policy. Powell, testifying before the Senate Banking Committee on the Fed’s semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, downplayed risks of excessive inflation and financial instability. He largely […]
Euro-Area CPI Rose 0.9% in January From a Year- Ago, Confirming Preliminary Reading
Zurich (MaceNews) – Consumer inflation in the Euro-area rose 0.9% in January from a year ago, according to final harmonized (HICP) figures released by Eurostat Tuesday. The increase, which confirmed the preliminary result released earlier this month, was led by services and non-energy industrial goods and matched the median of an Econoday survey of economists’ […]