Saturday/Sunday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Saturday and Sunday schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data and Federal Reserve events: The White House WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORSATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021 AND SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2021 On Saturday, the President has no public events scheduled. On […]
US Data Preview: Jobs Rpt, ISMs, Lots of FedSpeak
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The week ahead’s economic data is highlighted by Friday’s jobs report, telling us what we already know about March, that employment improved as rebound hiring kept climbing the long road back to full employment. Monday’s appearance of Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell is on the usually market insensitive subject of community development, […]
Thursday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, the Capito and for upcoming economic data and Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed […]
FOMC Stands Pat; Powell Gives No Hint of Less Easy Monetary Stance
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Despite mounting signs of economic recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers voted Wednesday to maintain their super loose credit policies, and Chairman Jerome Powell gave no hint the Fed is ready to become less aggressively expansionary. The Fed’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee FOMC did make significant changes in its policy […]
FOMC Stands Still as Expected, Acknowledges Economy has ‘Strengthened’
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday fulfilled every expectation for doing nothing to alter policy of patience as anti-virus measures progress. The text of the policy statement follows: The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time, thereby promoting its […]
Wednesday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data and Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting […]
Tuesday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Tuesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data and Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting […]
Monday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data and federal reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting […]
US Data Preview: FOMC/Powell News Conf; GDP, Personal Inc, Durables
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The week ahead promises no surprises, in the first-quarter GDP report, the FOMC meeting, durable goods report, the price of oil, the president’s address to Congress, the gradually improving trend of virus cases unless … . Unless you count the preternaturally moderate benchmark U.S. 10-year yield. At this writing 1.567%. Who at […]
US Economy Roaring Back, But FOMC Not Ready To Respond … Yet
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – The economy may be at “an inflection point,” as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has said, but monetary policy remains more reflexive than anything, which is to say he and his fellow Fed policymakers are still very much in emergency response mode, concentrating on helping the economy recover from […]