ECB Lifts Interest Rates By 75 Basis Points; More Hikes in the Pipeline
By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The European Central Bank raised its three main borrowing rates by 75 basis points on Thursday and promised to tighten further with inflation at a record high and moving further from its target. “We are so far away from the rate that will return us to 2%,” said ECB […]
White House and Other Schedules for Thursday, Sept 8
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 [Although not on the official schedule, Pres Biden is widely reported to be holding a teleconference among […]
Bank of Canada Hikes Key Rate by 75 Bps to 3.25% in Front-Loading Tightening Drive 
–BOC: Key Rate Still Needs to Rise Further, to See How Much Higher It Should Go–BOC Repeats: Canadian Economy in Excess Demand, Inflation High and Broad–BOC: Economy to Moderate in 2nd Half of 2022 on Slower Global Demand, Tightening By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada on Wednesday raised its policy interest rate […]
White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, Sept 7
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. data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. In […]
Bank of Canada Expected to Lift Key Rate by 75 Bps in Front-Loading Move to Fight Inflation
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada is widely expected to raise its policy interest rate — the target for overnight lending rates — by 75 basis points to 3.25% on Wednesday as part of its front-loading credit tightening drive to bring down decades-high inflation above 7% to its 2% target. The move […]
White House and Other Schedules for Tuesday, Sept 6
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. data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. In […]
Japan July Household Spending Up Y/Y on Travel, Dining Out but Down M/M Amid Covid Spike
–Real Household Income Falls For 4th Straight Month on Rising Cost of Living By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s real household spending posted the second straight year-on-year rise in July as people continued traveling and dining out more freely but fell from June in light of record numbers of new coronavirus infections triggered by the […]
White House and Other Schedules for Monday, Sept 5
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2022 In the morning, the President will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The departure from Joint Base Andrews will be […]
White House and Other Schedules for Saturday and Sunday
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Saturday and Sunday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. data and Federal Reserve events: WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2022 AND SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2022 On Saturday and Sunday, the President has no public events scheduled. Saturday’s In-Town Pool Wires: […]
White House and Other Schedules for Friday, Sept 2
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. After, […]