Analysis: Choice of Italy’s Next Finance Minister Key for Incoming Government’s Credibility, ‘Fight’ Against ECB Rate Hikes Ahead
–ECB’s Panetta a possible candidate By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – The choice of who will be Italy’s next economy and finance minister will be key in determining the winning center-right coalition’s credibility on world markets, and its power in campaigning against more European Central Bank rate hikes. The center-right alliance, which includes the far-right […]
Italy’s Rightists Election Victory Leaves Shaky Financial Outlook — Explainer
By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – The right-wing coalition victory on Sunday will likely lead Italy to a super-accommodative, risky economic and fiscal stance as parties forming the alliance have all pledged tax cuts and more spending to support the economy. With final results yet to be released, the far-right Brothers of Italy group won […]
Components of the Inflation Reduction Act
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are major components of the Inflation Reduction Act passed 220-207 in the U.S. House Friday afternoon and now to be signed into law by President Biden: Raises estimated $750 blin in additional taxes over 10 years Reduces deficit by an estimated $235 bln over 10 years Spends $313 bln on […]
Biden Admin Budget Proposals Hit Billionaires, Deficit
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – President Biden Monday afternoon formally unveils his fiscal 2023 federal government budget proposals, increasing military spending – which Republicans like – and inventing a new tax on unrealized capital gains aimed the the richest tier of Americans – which Republican pledge to kill as fast as possible. The White House fact sheet […]
The Manchinator Chews Through Dem’s ’22 Hopes; Republicans Rejoice
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The shock wave from what many Democrats see as Sunday’s betrayal by their own Sen. Joe Manchin, killing the Build Back Better bill supporting Democratic hopes for next year’s mid-term elections, triggered anger and despondency on one side of the aisle and rejoicing and hallelujahs on the other side. […]
Italy-France Pushing for ‘Single EU Debt’ to Fund Post-Pandemic Growth; Germany’s Stance on Closer Fiscal Integration in Post-Merkel Era Uncertain – Sources
By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italy and France are pushing for issuance of a ‘common European public debt’ to fund long-term pro-growth investments with the additional goal of strengthening the single currency and boosting European integration, Italian official sources say. Sources say Europe faces a turning point with the departure of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, […]
No US Government Shutdown
By Eric Ham WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Senate late Thursday agreed with an earlier vote in the House and successfully avoided a government shutdown Friday night. The Senate vote was a bipartisan 69 to 28 to extend the current federal budget to Feb. 18. An earlier Senate vote that could have demolished the plan of […]
US House-Passed Infrastructure Bill Gets Presidential Signature in Coming Days
By Eric Ham WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – After months of wrangling and tense back-and-forth negotiations, the House of Representatives finally passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill shortly before midnight Friday. Saturday morning President Biden hailed it as an inflection point toward winning “the competition of the 21st century., The legislation passed 228-206 with 13 Republicans […]
US Data Preview Commentary: Housing Starts/Existing Home Sales, LEI, and a Higher Wall of Worry
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) –It’s housing week coming up for U.S. economic data and analysts will be checking new housing completions Tuesday, a much more telling number than starts these days. Completions run several months behind starts which tabulate the stage before construction. It’s completions which calibrate the pipeline to an existing home sale, something that often […]
US Data Preview Commentary: Retail Sales, PPI, Hsing Starts, FOMC, New ‘Dot Plot’
WASHINGTON (MacNews) – The explosive snapback of consumer demand, company supply-chain and delivery workarounds and inventory reloading won’t be reflected nearly to the phenomenon’s full extent in Tuesday’s May retail sales report. Just as goods and services productivity being supercharged by firms compensating for the post-pandemic jamming of the economy won’t show up in quarterly […]