WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US data and Federal Reserve events:
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2022
| In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. In the afternoon, the President will receive a briefing from his senior leadership team on interagency efforts to prepare for and respond to hurricanes this season at Joint Base Andrews. The departure from the South Lawn will be open press and pooled for TV. The arrival at Joint Base Andrews, briefing, and departure from Joint Base Andrews will be pooled press. The arrival on the South Lawn will be open press and pooled for TV. In-Town Pool Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT TV Corr & Crew: ABC Print: Daily Caller Radio: ABC Supplemental Pool Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT TV Corr & Crew: ABC Print: The New Republic Radio: SRN EDT 10:15 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the President’s Daily Brief Closed Press 11:50 AM In-Town Pool Call Time Stakeout Location 1:00 PM Supplemental Pool Call Time 1:15 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart the White House en route Joint Base Andrews South Lawn Open Press and Pooled for TV (Gather 1:05 PM — Palm Room Doors) 1:25 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives at Joint Base Andrews Joint Base Andrews In-Town Travel Pool 1:45 PM THE PRESIDENT receives a briefing from his senior leadership team on interagency efforts to prepare for and respond to hurricanes this season Joint Base Andrews In-Town Travel Pool 2:50 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route the White House Joint Base Andrews In-Town Travel Pool 3:00 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives at the White House South Lawn Open Press and Pooled for TV (Gather 2:50 PM — Palm Room Doors) Briefing Schedule 10:45 AM Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and public health officials 1:30 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan WEEK AHEAD GUIDANCE FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 16, 2022 – MAY 20, 2022 Thursday, May 19, 2022 The President will depart for Seoul, Republic of Korea for his first trip to Asia as President. The President will visit the Republic of Korea and Japan to further deepen ties between our governments and economies to deliver for people at home and in the region. This trip will advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s rock-solid commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific and to U.S. treaty alliances with the Republic of Korea and Japan. It will build on more than a year of intensive diplomacy with the Indo-Pacific, including the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit held last week in Washington, DC. Friday, May 20, 2022 The President will arrive in Seoul, Republic of Korea, where he will remain until Sunday, May 22, when he will travel to Tokyo, Japan. US TREASURY Wednesday – Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will travel to Bonn, Germany, where on Thursday, May 19 and and Friday, May 20, she will represent the United States at the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting. During the G7 Ministerial, Secretary Yellen will reinforce the U.S. commitment to multilateralism and advance U.S. policy priorities on an inclusive economic recovery. Secretary Yellen and U.S. allies will also continue their united efforts to support Ukraine and to increase economic pressure on Russia to end its brutal and illegal war. She will also work with her counterparts to advance a minimum global corporate tax as a part of a foreign policy for the middle class, address energy security and the threat of global food insecurity resulting from Russia’s unprovoked war, and strengthen the global health architecture. At 9 AM ET/ 3 PM CEST, Secretary Yellen will host a press conference in advance of the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting. This event is open to pre-approved media; the press conference will also be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/c/USTreasGov. STATE DEPARTMENT Wednesday: US Secty of State Antony Blinken appears on CBS’s Colbert show at 11:30p ET. In-person news briefings, when held, are about 2p ET. USTR On Wednesday, May 18, Ambassador Katherine Tai will travel to Bangkok, Thailand for the 2022 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. . |
US HOUSE
Wednesday – The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on May 18, 2022..
US SENATE
Wednesday – 10:00 a.m.: Convene and proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs).
UPCOMING US ECONOMIC DATA & FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Wednesday, May 18 – 7:00 ET US weekly MBA mortgage purchase index
Wednesday, May 18 – 8:30 ET US housing starts & permits (1.793 mln/1.873 mln)
Wednesday, May 18 – 9a ET US Tsy’s Yellen holds pre-G7 news conference
Wednesday, May 18 – 10:30 ET US EIA petroleum status
Wednesday, May 18 – 16:00 ET Fed’s Harker speaks at banking event
Wednesday, May 18 – 23:30 ET US Secty of State Blinken appears on the Colbert show
Thursday, May 19 – 8:30 ET US new jobless claims
Thursday, May 19 – 8:30 ET US Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index (17.6)
Thursday, May 19 – 10:00 ET US existing home sales (5.77 mln)
Thursday, May 19 – 10:00 ET US leading indicators (0.3%)
Friday, May 20 – 10:00 ET US quarterly services revenue survey (2.8%)
Friday, May 20 – 13:00 US Baker Hughes Rig Count
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