WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: IN SOME SENSE, IT’S ONLY DAY 3
–As Expected, Easter Reopen Forgotten; Stay-at-Home Guide To Apr 30 –Confirmation That Worst-Case Virus Scenario Sees 2.2 Million US Fatalities –US Virus Cases 142,004; Fatalities 2,484 By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The worsening of the virus spread and intensity is a treacherous path that is finally heading toward an intersection with a more promising […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: TRAGIC VIRUS DISCONNECTS MAY BEGIN TO YIELD TO PHASE 3
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The sharply different accounts, stories of critical shortages from hospitals and medical personnel versus sweeping assurances from the White House, were in especially sharp contrast Friday while both sides looked to the new rules and mountains of money that finally became available with the day’s signing of Phase 3 […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: GRUESOME VIRUS DEVELOPMENTS HARDLY NEWS ANY MORE
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Virus infection cases kept multiplying Thursday, death tolls kept going up, more governors and mayors ignored President Trump’s dream of packed churches on Easter and the U.S. kept mostly ignoring the kind of contact tracing that slowed the virus to a crawl elsewhere. By one count the U.S number […]
ANALYSIS: NOT ALL ‘UNCERTAINTIES’ FREEZING MONPOL, SLOWING INVESTMENT, STRICTLY GEOPOLITICAL
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The S&P 500 is at record levels, all the tariffs so far have hardly bitten the U.S. economy, retail sales in a consumer dominated framework are strong and the U.S. unemployment rate is only 3.6%. And yet the markets are 100% certain of a rate cut next month. Interest […]
ANALYSIS: THE SADNESS OF BEING MERELY THE FEDERAL RESERVE
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Any clinical look at today’s economy and markets would have to acknowledge something unusual is happening, even that the world of money and international transactions may be hurtling into a future that is mottled with serious undefined risk. Mario Draghi said as much as he concluded his ECB news […]
ANALYSIS: FIN RISKS ADD TO TRADE, INFL WORRIES TO STYMIE FED
By Steven K. Beckner AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (MaceNews)– Nettlesome uncertainties about inflation, trade and now financial stability are keeping U.S. monetary policy stuck firmly where it’s at for the foreseeable future. For now, the economy is doing too well for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, but those concerns seem equally likely to prevent […]