<strong>FOMC Lifts Funds Rate 25 BP; ‘Additional Policy Firming May Be Appropriate’</strong>
– FOMC Participants Leave Median Projected Rate for End of 2023 at 5.1% – Powell Sees Bank Credit Tightening ‘Substituting’ For Some Fed Rate Hikes – Powell: 2023 Rate Cuts ‘Not in Our Baseline’; Will Tighten More If Needed: By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Pulling its monetary punches in the wake of unanticipated financial […]
FOMC Statement and TRANSCRIPT of Fed’s Powell Post-FOMC Q&A
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday raised the federal funds rate by a quarter point while FOMC participants projected this year will end with that rate at a median of 5.1%. The FOMC policy statement and the transcript of the subsequent news conference held by Fed Chair Jerome Powell follow: FOMC POLICY […]
Japan Government Keeps View on Gradual Economic Pickup Amid Brighter Consumer Sentiment, Sluggish Factory Output
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s government Wednesday maintained its economic assessment that the current gradual pickup remains intact on expectations that further reopening of the economy should support consumer spending while industrial production slowed on weaker global demand, according to its monthly report released by the Cabinet Office. In its March report, the government […]
<strong>White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, March 22</strong>
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed […]