FRIDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2021 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting will be […]
THURSDAY’S WASHINGTON SCHEDULES
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Capitol and upcoming economic data: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed […]
DATA PREVIEW: JOBS REPORT, ISMS, FACTORY ORDERS
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – After a week full of GameStop drama, the upcoming week’s data doesn’t seem to have nearly as much surprise potential, including the jobs report which few expect to contain much good news. Friday’s employment situation report is unlikely to paint a picture much different than the broad outlines depicted by the weekly […]
FED’S POWELL: PREMATURE TO TALK ABOUT EXIT FROM EASY MONETARY POLICY
By Steve Beckner –Vows Clear Communication Well Ahead of Any Tapering of QE–Downplays Concerns About Inflation, Asset Bubbles (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell showed some impatience with talk of “exiting” from the Fed’s exceptionally easy monetary policies Wednesday and vowed to continue providing support to the economic recovery “until the job is done.” […]
DATA PREVIEW: HOUSING WEEK AND HOPEFULLY NEW BEGINNINGS
–Domestic Terrorism, Mounting Virus Death Tolls, Deep Divisions Overwhelm Data WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The upcoming week’s events, an Inauguration Day in the armed camp “Green Zone” that is now D.C. amid threats of violence at statehouses across the country, overshadows what little economic data will be published. The week begins with a holiday, progresses to […]
FED’S BOSTIC: READY TO ‘RECALIBRATE’ POLICY IF ECON STRONG BUT DON’T SEE 2021 HIKES
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic said Monday he would be willing to consider “recalibrating” the Fed’s monetary policy stance if the economy proves stronger than expected, but said he can’t envision raising the federal funds rate from near zero until next year at the earliest. Bostic, a […]
STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY: TRUMP HOPES FOR A REBOUND, FACES ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday night’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · The bastions of freedom are firmly in place, holding back the forces of Trump, at least temporarily. That’s right, Twitter, Facebook, Google, even Spotify have moved to keep the president off […]
STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY: THE POST-SIEGE SCRAMBLE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Thursday night’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · The White House scrambled Thursday to soften the accurate perceptions of President Trump’s actions that precipitated the physical attack on Congress as various threats to his remaining few days in office […]
STATUS CHECK: RUMOR CHECK – 2020 WILL END AT SOME POINT
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. Wait, this just in. The Brexit talks have fallen apart. You don’t look surprised. Or even interested. Someday a headline will flash. Brexit Talks Fall Together. Time is running out, after all. The […]
STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY: IS PANDEMIC RELIEF CLOSER? REALLY?
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Thursday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. It would be the biggest accomplishment of the House Problem Solvers Caucus, to be the catalyst for the passage of a pandemic relief package. The approximately half a hundred Republicans and Democrats who […]