White House and Other Schedules for Thursday,  June 15

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 Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Briefing. This meeting will be closed […]

Japan April Machine Orders Rebound on Solid Computer Demand from Service Providers; Orders from Manufacturers Down for 2nd Month in A Row

–Cabinet Office Keeps View: Machine Orders Pausing By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japanese machinery orders, the key leading indicator of business investment in equipment, rebounded in April after two months of decline, led by solid demand from the non-manufacturing sector as Japan is playing catchup in easing Covid restrictions and reopening the economy, data released […]

FOMC Keeps 5-5.25% Funds Rate but Warns Hikes Will Resume If Inflation Disappoints

– Powell: Not Enough Progress on Core Inflation; ‘Have to Keep at It’ – Fed Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ To Reduce Inflation to 2% – FOMC Participants Revise Funds Rate Projections Higher: FFR Seen At 5.6% End 2023 By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Interrupting its long campaign of anti-inflationary monetary tightening measures, the […]

TRANSCRIPT: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Post-FOMC News Conference

WASHINGTON (MaceNews)- The following is the transcript of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s news conference held after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that concluded Wednesday: Since early last year, the FOMC has tightened the stance of monetary policy. We have raised our policy interest rate by five percentage points and continued to reduce our […]

FOMC Hints at Further Rate Hikes This Year While Holding Steady This Time

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday said it is “maintaining” its current rate stance to allow an assessment of “additional information” but quarterly “dot plot” projections suggested perhaps two more rate hikes this year and a terminal rate around 5.6%. The policy statement follows: Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued […]