White House and Other Schedules for Tuesday, Nov 21

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Tuesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events:  DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2022    In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting in the […]

FOMC Stays On Hold But Tilts Toward Another Funds Rate Hike

– Powell: Policy ‘Restrictive’ But Must Be Confident It’s ‘Sufficiently Restrictive’ – Powell: FOMC Not Considering Rate Cuts Or Halting Quantitative Tightening – Powell: ‘Proceed Carefully’ In Deciding How Much More Higher Rates May Go – Powell Declines To Say Bond Yield Spike Substitutes For Fed Rate Hikes By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – The […]

TRANSCRIPT: Fed Chair Powell’s Post-FOMC Q&A

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The transcript of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC news conference: .>> Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome. My colleagues and I remain squarely focused on our dual mandate to promote maximum employment and stableness for the American people.

FOMC Keeps Rates Unchanged And Preserve Possibility of Future Tightening; Financial Conditions Tighter

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday fulfilled expectations for a stand-still policy statement, noting financial and credit conditions have tightened and job gains have moderated – “but remain strong.” The barer-bones statement, very similar to the language in the preceding statement, follows: Recent indicators suggest that economic activity expanded at a strong […]

White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, Nov 1

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULEFOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2023  In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting in the Oval Office […]

Officials Lean Toward A Skip At Nov. 1 FOMC but Door Open To More Rate Hikes

By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – As the Federal Reserve’s penultimate monetary policy meeting of 2023 rapidly approached, Fed officials collectively leaned against another short-term interest rate hike, while expressing hope that rising long-term rates might substitute for Fed rate action. By no means, though, did they rule out additional monetary tightening to fight inflation, […]

Fed’s Beige Book Finds Stalled Economy, With Little Change and Modest Price Increases

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The string of typical assessments of modest to moderate expansion for the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book survey of coast-to-cast economic conditions came to an end Wednesday with a new finding of “little to no change” while a less tight labor market generated less ebullient wage growth. The report to be reviewed in […]

White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, Oct 18

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: COMPREHENSIVE TRIP GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2023  Wednesday, October 18, 2022 The President will arrive in Israel. The arrival in Israel will […]

Fed Vice-Chair Jefferson: Inflation Too High but Fed ‘Should Proceed Carefully’

– Jefferson: Must Be Mindful of Downside Risks; Tighter Financial Conditions – Dallas Fed’s Logan: Must Stay Restrictive to Cut Inflation ‘In Timely Way’ By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Vice Chair Phillip Jefferson declined Monday to conclude that the Fed has raised interest rates enough but said it should be careful to […]