JAPAN DEC HOUSEHOLD SPENDING SLIPS Y/Y BUT OCT-DEC GAIN POINTS TO Q4 GDP GROWTH

By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s household spending in December suffered the first year-on-year drop in three months, albeit modest, as more people turned cautious about eating out and traveling outside their areas, data released Friday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed. But the key indicator of private consumption marked the second […]

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 […]

WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Capitol and with upcoming economic data: The White House   DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021  In the afternoon, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting is […]

TUESDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Tuesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, Capitol Hill along with upcoming economic data: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021   In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting is […]

MONDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, Capitol Hill along with upcoming data releases: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 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 […]

WEEKEND WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Saturday and Sunday schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Senate, the House as well as economic data: The White House WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORSATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021 AND SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2021  On Saturday and Sunday, the President has no public events scheduled. Saturday’s In-Town Pool Wires: AP, […]

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 […]

FRIDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s public schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Senate and the House along with U.S. data: The White House 9:00 AM EST The President and The Vice President receive the President’s Daily Brief Oval Office Closed Press 10:00 AM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki 11:00 AM […]

JAPAN FACTORY OUTPUT POSTS 2ND STRAIGHT M/M SLIDE IN DEC BUT KEEPS Q/Q RISE

By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s industrial production slipped for the second straight month in December as the auto industry, which had led the recent pickup in overall output, took a breather amid the pandemic, while production of turbines and laptops lost some steam after recent gains, preliminary data released Friday by the Ministry of […]