STATUS CHECK – WHAT’S THE OPPOSITE OF A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · Twenty days until Election Day, a countdown to – what? Is it time to wonder what kind of lame-duck president Donald Trump would be? Of course he might win. But if not, […]
DATA FLASH: US SEPTEMBER PPI JUMPS 0.4% ON SURGE IN FOOD
–Prices Ex-Food/Energy +0.4%; Prices Up 0.4% Ex-Trade Services as Well–Food Prices +1.2%, Halting Downward Trend; Energy Prices -0.3%–Prices for Travel Accommodation Services Jump 3.9% By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – U.S. business prices rose by 0.4% in September, ahead of expectations for a 0.2% increase and reflecting a sharp rebound in food prices and a […]
STATUS CHECK – FINALLY, A TRILLION TREES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL
–Maybe February for the Next Round of Pandemic Relief WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · It was chilly in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the site of another MAGA rally Tuesday night. More masks than usual. A whole lot about Biden […]
STATUS CHECK – OF PRESIDENTIAL HEALTH CHECKS AND REGENERON RATIONING
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · President Trump went on Fox late Friday and for what was billed as on on-air health assessment – spoiler alert – he passed. The in-house doctor asked him some questions from the […]
DATA PREVIEW: TAKE A DEEP BREATH, BECAUSE HERE COMES THE PAIN
By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Nothing in life is free. That also applies to the data schedule. After a week that was extremely short on major data, the upcoming week’s schedule is overflowing with it, with the mid-month price, production and sales data crammed into a holiday-shortened four-day week. Hurricane Delta is hitting the […]
STATUS CHECK: ‘I WANT TO SHOW STRENGTH AS A LEADER’
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Thursday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: Another MAGA rally, this one in Freeland, Mich. Thursday night, well attended. Familiar themes, cheers of “Four more years,” and very few masks. September 15’s “Burn Your Mask” day is still on. Earlier […]
DATA FLASH: US AUGUST PPI UP 0.3%; FOOD AND ENERGY DOWN
–Prices Ex. Food and Energy Rose 0.4%; Up 0.3% Excluding Trade Services as Well–Energy Prices Fall 0.1% After Two Gains; Gasoline Prices Down 1.4%–Food Prices Down 0.4%, Continuing Downward Trend–Initial Jobless Claims Unchanged at 884,000 in the August 5 Week By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – U.S. business prices rose by 0.3% in August, as […]
STATUS CHECK: “I SAID, ‘DON’T PANIC'”
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: You’ve heard the recordings, read the excerpts. What’s more to say? So skipping ahead, of course once The Washington Post’s Web site unveiled the excerpts of Bob Woodward’s latest book “Rage,” complete with […]
STATUS CHECK: AN UNEXPECTED SILVER LINING IN A TRUMP TWEET
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) –-The following is Friday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: A week of many parts, – some scary, some absurd, some mystifying – and yet only a very few worth holding on to, with meaning for the future. That narrows it down to Tuesday’s […]
DATA PREVIEW: IS INFLATION NOW A TREE FALLING IN THE FOREST?
By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The highlight of next week, not counting a Monday holiday of course, will be the August readings of business and consumer inflation at the end of the week–indicators that were closely-watched before the COVID crisis. But now, thanks to much more pressing issues this year, inflation was put on […]