Preview update: Bank of Japan Likely to End Yield Curve Control, Raise Rates Next Week as First Estimate from Union Group Points to High Pace of Wage Hikes
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Japan’s nine-member board is expected to decide in a majority vote at its March 18-19 meeting to end its seven-year-old yield curve control framework and lift the minus 0.1% short-term rate target to a range of zero to 0.1%, which would be the bank’s first rate increase […]
White House and Other Schedules for Friday, March 15
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, MARCH 15, 2024 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. […]