Thursday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, the Capito and for upcoming economic data and Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed […]
FOMC Stands Pat; Powell Gives No Hint of Less Easy Monetary Stance
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Despite mounting signs of economic recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers voted Wednesday to maintain their super loose credit policies, and Chairman Jerome Powell gave no hint the Fed is ready to become less aggressively expansionary. The Fed’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee FOMC did make significant changes in its policy […]
FOMC Stands Still as Expected, Acknowledges Economy has ‘Strengthened’
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday fulfilled every expectation for doing nothing to alter policy of patience as anti-virus measures progress. The text of the policy statement follows: The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time, thereby promoting its […]