STATUS CHECK – BRACED FOR A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE – ABOUT FAMILY
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · The dearth of much actual news on the day before the final presidential debate was a challenge for news producers everywhere Wednesday. Barack Obama began campaigning on the ground for Joe Biden […]
FED’S BEIGE BK: AS-EXPECTED ‘SLIGHT TO MODEST’ EXPANSION
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book survey of economic activity through the 12 regional bank districts Wednesday found little evidence of any V-shaped recovery, instead seeing “slight to modest” improvements in most regions. Assembled by the St. Louis Fed, the survey prepared for the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting Nov. 4-5 […]
STATUS CHECK – WE KNOW, JUST 14 DAYS
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · Fourteen days until … of course it is, and the wait is getting excruciating for a lot of people. After all, waiting four hours in line waiting to vote, as in Green […]
STATUS CHECK – OF BALLISTIC TRAJECTORIES AND DIGITAL CURRENCY
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · Fifteen days until Election Day but already a feeling settling in that the ballistic trajectory has been set and that although we don’t know the outcome, it has been decided. Thirty million […]
FED’S CLARIDA: ‘LIFTOFF’ TO RATE CHANGES GOVERNED BY ECONOMY
–Election Day Pressure Builds on Senate to Get Pandemic Relief Passed –Tsy’s Mnuchin in Abu Dhabi But Has Call Skedded with Speaker Pelosi WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida Monday emphasized that the central bank will be watching the economy through a wide variety of indicators and won’t be considering any change […]
STATUS CHECK – GUESS WHICH CAMPAIGN FRIDAY CHANTED ‘CNN SUCKS’
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · President Trump’s campaign Friday night marched on, in Macon, Georgia. Pool reporter Rob Crilly who works for the Washington Examiner, described the scene: “It was dark by the time POTUS took the stage […]
DATA FLASH: RETAIL SALES SURGE, UP 1.9% IN OCTOBER
–Retail Sales Ex-Vehicles Rise 1.5% On Widespread Gains–Industrial Production Falls 0.6% On Utilities/Manufacturing, Mining Up–University of Michigan Sentiment Rose to 81.2 in Early-October–Business Inventories Up 0.3% in August, Business Sales Up 0.6% By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Retail sales rose for the fifth straight month in September, with gains in almost every sales category […]
STATUS CHECK – WHAT’S THE OPPOSITE OF A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · Twenty days until Election Day, a countdown to – what? Is it time to wonder what kind of lame-duck president Donald Trump would be? Of course he might win. But if not, […]
VICE CHAIR CLARIDA KEEPS FED POINTED TOWARD LONG-TERM MONETARY EASE
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Top Federal Reserve policy-makers continue to strongly signal their long-range intention to maintain an ultra-easy monetary policy, even as they acknowledge that the economy is recovering faster than they expected from the Covid shutdown induced recession. The Fed’s commitment to a highly accommodative policy is not completely open-ended, but […]
FED’S ROSENGREN WARNS ON FINANCIAL STABILITY RISK WITH RATES LOWER FOR LONGER
NEW YORK (MaceNews) – The U.S. needs more steps to limit financial stability risk in a continuing low interest rate environment, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said Thursday. Rosengren, in remarks for delivery to Marquette University, warned that excessive leverage has magnified the current downturn and poses a threat of additional job losses. “The increased […]