Japan April Household Spending Dips Y/Y on Car Supply Delays, Less Cooking at Home

–Spending Up M/M As People Dine Out, Travel More Freely After Covid Rules Eased By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s real household spending posted the second straight year-on-year drop in April as supply bottlenecks hampered car purchases and people dined out more freely, spending less on groceries compared to a year earlier when a Covid […]

<strong>UK Premier Boris Johnson Scrapes Through in Confidence Vote</strong>

By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a parliamentary confidence vote on Monday night, but the scale of his victory raises questions over his authority through the remainder of the parliamentary session.  Members of the premier’s Conservative Party voted by a margin of 211 to 148 to affirm Johnson’s position, allowing […]

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Face Vote of Confidence Monday

–PM needs the support of 180 party lawmakers to remain in office By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – Embattled UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a snap vote of confidence in the UK parliament Monday evening, putting his controversial premiership at risk. The announcement came after at least 54 members – or 15% — of […]

White House and Other Schedules for Monday, June 6

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US data and Federal Reserve events:  DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, JUNE 6, 2022  In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press.  In-Town Pool Wires: AP, […]