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, FEBRUARY 28, 2024
In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: CBS
Print: Daily Mail
Radio: BBC
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8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Closed Press
8:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
Briefing Schedule
2:30 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (The transcript of Tuesday’s briefing is at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/02/27/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-white-house-national-security-advisor-john-kirby/)
Friday, March 1, 2024
The President will host Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy for a bilateral meeting.
The President will travel to Camp David.
TREASURY DEPT –
Wednesday – At 7:30 AM BRT / 9:30 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Sao Paulo This meeting is closed press.
At 9:45 AM BRT / 7:45 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in Session One of the G20 Finance Ministerial meeting on Inequality. This meeting is closed press.
At 11:45 AM BRT / 9:45 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland of Canada. This meeting is closed press.
At 1:30 PM BRT / 11:30 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti of Italy. There will be a photo spray at the beginning of this meeting for pre-credentialed media.
At 2:15 PM BRT / 12:15 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Finance Christian Lindner of Germany. There will be a photo spray at the beginning of this meeting for pre-credentialed media.
At 2:45 PM BRT / 12:45 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in Session Two of the G20 Finance Ministerial meeting on the Global Economy. This meeting is closed press.
At 4:30 PM BRT / 2:30 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire of France. There will be a photo spray at the beginning of this meeting for pre-credentialed media.
At 5:15 PM BRT / 3:15 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek and Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye Governor Fatih Karahan of Türkiye. There will be a photo spray at the beginning of this meeting for pre-credentialed media.
STATE DEPT
Wednesday – 9:15 a.m. Secretary Blinken participates in a trilateral meeting with counterparts from Mexico and Guatemala at the Department of State.
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Final access time for video cameras, stills, and writers is 8:20 a.m. at the 23rd street entrance.
The camera spray will be streamed live on the Department homepage and YouTube Channel.
4:00 p.m. Secretary Blinken meets with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul at the Department of State.
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Headquarters press briefings, when held on weekdays, occur around 1:15p ET and are livestreamed at State.gov. The transcript of Tuesday’s 1:18p ET briefing is at: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-february-27-2024/
USTR –
Wednesday – Ambassador Katherine Tai, Deputy United States Trade Representative María Pagán and Chief Agricultural Negotiator Doug McKalip are in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13).
.US HOUSE –
Wednesday – Back from Presidents Day break at noon. To consider leasing D.C.’s RFK Stadium for use by the District. Partial govt shutdown threatened for Friday midnight.
US SENATE
Wednesday – 10:00 a.m.: Convene and proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Julie Simone Sneed, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
UPCOMING US, JAPAN, CANADA ECONOMIC REPORTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 7a ET US Mortgage Bankers Assoc mortgage applications
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 8:30a ET US GDP
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 8:30a ET US wholesale/retail inventories advance
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 8:30a ET US international trade in goods advance
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 10:30a ET US EIA weekly petroleum inventories
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 12:00 ET Fed’s Bostic fireside chat with Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 12:15 ET Fed’s Collins fireside chat at Dartmouth
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 12:45 ET Fed’s Williams at Long Island Association
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 12:45 ET NY Fed’s Anna Kovner on financial stability at Forecasters Club of NY
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 18:50 Japan industrial production
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 18:50 Japan retail sales
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 19:30 Australia retail sales
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Thursday, Feb. 29 – 8:30a ET US jobless claims
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 8:30a ET US personal income and outlays
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 8:30a ET Canada GDP
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 9:45a ET US Chicago PMI
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 10a ET US NAR pending home sales
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 10:30a ET US EIA weekly natural gas inventories
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 10:50a ET Fed’s Bostic fireside chat at Atlanta Fed conference
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 11a ET Kansas City Fed manufacturing
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 11a ET Fed’s Goolsbee speaks at Princeton Univ.
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 12:00 ET US Freddie Mac weekly mortgage rates
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 13:15 ET Fed’s Mester speaks at Columbia Univ.
Thursday, Feb. 22 – 15:00 ET US farm prices
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 16:30 ET US Fed weekly balance sheet
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 18:30 ET Japan unemployment
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 20:10 ET Fed’s Williams speaks at Citizens Budget Commission
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Friday, March 1 – 9:45a ET US S&P PMI manufacturing final
Friday, March 1 – 10a ET US ISM manufacturing
Friday, March 1 – 10a ET US construction spending
Friday, March 1 – 10a ET US consumer sentiment (U. of Michigan)
Friday, March 1 – 10:15a ET Fed’s Logan at Univ. of Chicago Booth School event
Friday, March 1 –13:00 ET US Baker Hughes Rig count
Friday, March 1 –13:15 ET Fed’s Daly at Univ. of Chicago Booth School event
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