White House and Other Schedules for Friday, Feb 9
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’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 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2024 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. […]
IMF: BOJ Should Consider Unwinding Monetary Easing Under Yield Curve Control Framework Now
–IMF: BOJ Then Should Gradually Raise Interest Rates–IMF Critical of Kishida Government’s ‘Untargeted’ Economic Stimulus Package By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Japan should consider unwinding its large-scale monetary easing now by exiting the seven-year-old yield curve control framework, the International Monetary Fund said Friday, noting that easing in the past decade has […]
Preview: Japan Q4 GDP Modest Rebound Expected, Led by Capex, Net Exports but Consumption Seen Weak Amid High Costs
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s gross domestic product for the October-December quarter is forecast by economists to rebound a modest 0.4 percent on quarter, or an annualized 1.6 percent, after suffering its first contraction in four quarters in July-September, led by a slight pickup in business investment and a temporary jump in service exports, […]