THE WHITE HOUSE
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2022
In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting will be closed press.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: NBC
Print: HuffPost
Radio: CBS
EDT
10:15 AM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT receive the President’s Daily Brief
Oval Office
Closed Press
12:30 PM In-Town Pool Call Time
Briefing Schedule
1:00 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki
U.S. TREASURY
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2022
WASHINGTON – In the morning, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will deliver remarks on digital assets policy, making the case for a consistent and comprehensive policy framework that promotes responsible innovation of digital assets and appropriately assesses and mitigates the risks they may pose. The remarks, which will be delivered at American University’s Kogod School of Business Center for Innovation, are open press and available via livestream beginning at 10:30 AM here
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo will meet with advisors and staff.
At 7:00 PM, Counselor for Racial Equity Janis Bowdler with participate in a virtual briefing with the Black Economic Alliance Foundation to discuss how Treasury is working to ensure that every American who is eligible for the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) can access the full tax credits this year. The event is open press.
U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
DAILY GUIDANCE FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2022
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, April 7, Ambassador Katherine Tai will hold meetings with staff. These meetings are closed press.
Ambassador Sarah Bianchi will meet with Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar. This meeting is closed press
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Press briefings held around 2:30pm ET.
Key Event(s)
The secretary, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Michael McCord, and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal 2023 defense budget request, Dirksen Senate Office Building SD-G50.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
Press briefings are held around 2pm ET.
U.S. CONGRESS
U.S. Senate
Thursday, April 7, 2022
9:30 a.m.: Convene and proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
U.S. House of Representatives
Thursday, April 7, 2022
The House convenes at 9am. First votes expected at 10:30am.
UPCOMING US ECONOMIC DATA & FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Monday, April 4 – 10 ET US factory orders (+1.4% prev.)
Tuesday, April 5 – 8:30 ET US International Trade in Goods & Services (-$88.8 bln prev.)
Tuesday, April 5 – 8:55 ET US Redbook store sales
Tuesday, April 5 – 9:45 ET US PMI composite final (58.5 prev.)
Tuesday, April 5 – 10:00 ET US ISM services index (56.5 prev.)
Tuesday, April 5 – 10:00 ET Fed’s Kashari on inflation at Minneapolis Fed
Tuesday, April 5 – 11:05 ET Fed’s Brainard on inflation at Minneapolis Fed
Tuesday, April 5 – 14:00 ET Fed’s Williams on health and economy at NY Fed
Wednesday, April 6 – 7 ET US weekly MBA mortgage purchase index
Wednesday, April 6 – 9:30 ET Fed’s Harker on economy at Delaware chamber
Wednesday, April 6 – 10:30 ET US EIA petroleum status
*Wednesday, April 6 – 14:00 FOMC minutes from March 15-16 meeting
Thursday, April 7 – 8:30 ET US new jobless claims
Thursday, April 7 – 9:00 ET Fed’s Bullard speaks on economy at Univ. of Missouri
Thursday, April 7 – 14:00 ET Fed’s Evans, Bostic on inclusive employment at Chicago Fed
Thursday, April 7 –15:00 ET US consumer credit ($6.8 bln. prev.)
Friday, April 8 –10:00 ET US wholesale inventories (0.8% prev.)
Friday, April 8 – 13:00 US Baker Hughes Rig Count