<strong>White House and Other Schedules for Thursday, March 9</strong>
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Later, the President […]
<strong>Japan Q4 GDP Slight Rebound Revised Down to Zero Growth on Smaller-Than-Expected Consumption Rise</strong>
–Sharp Drop in Private Inventories, Capex Pullback Behind Lackluster Q4 GDP –Consumption Resilient on Eased Covid Rules, Travel Subsidies Despite Falling Real Wages –Q4 Net Exports Rebound After Q3 Slump Caused by Surge in Service Payments –Q1 GDP Seen Supported by Consumption Amid Weaker Exports; Rising Costs Cause for Concern By Max Sato (MaceNews) […]
Fed’s Beige Book Survey Sees Positives and Negatives Amid ‘Slightly’ Increased Economic Activity
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book survey of economic activity coast to coast will tell the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting later this month that economic activity “increased slightly” despite widespread but somewhat moderated inflation pressures. The Beige Book responses, assembled by the New York Fed bank Wednesday, suggested consumer spending was […]
<strong>Bank of Canada Pauses in Tightening but Repeats It is Prepared to Raise Rates Further If Needed</strong>
–BOC: Will Continue Assessing Economic Developments, Effects of Cumulative Tightening –BOC: Labor Markets ‘Very Tight,’ Employment Growth ‘Surprisingly Strong’ –BOC Keeps View Inflation to Slow to 3% in Mid-2023 but Says Needs to Come Down Further By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada on Wednesday left its policy interest rate — the target […]
<strong>Preview: Japan Q4 GDP Slight Rebound Seen Unrevised, Led by Consumption, Net Export Rise</strong>
–Sharp Drop in Private Inventories, Capex Pullback Behind Lackluster Q4 Growth –Consumption Solid on Eased Covid Rules, Travel Subsidies After Flat Growth in Q3 –Q4 Net Exports Rebound After Q3 Slump Caused by Surge in Service Payments –Q1 GDP Seen Supported by Consumption Amid Weaker Exports By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The slight rebound […]