Thursday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s public schedules of the White House, Treasury, the State Department, the Capitol as well as for upcoming economic data and Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s […]
FOMC Minutes Show Determination to Stay the Course and Stick With Message Until Outcomes Improve
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The minutes of the most recent Federal Open Market Committee released Wednesday only reinforced the central bank’s pandemic-era’s message, that it is standing pat on its highly accommodative stance until employment has fully recovered while it carefully monitors the Treasuries market for signs of stress. Government pandemic relief is hastening recovery, several […]
Fed’s Evans To Reporters: Too Early To Start Talking About Enough Progress To Taper Bond Buying
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans was upbeat about the economic outlook Wednesday, but said the Fed is still “some ways” from achieving its employment and inflation goals and therefore needs to retain its ultra-loose monetary policy stance. Evans, a 2021 voting member of the Fed’s policy making […]