Japan March Industrial Output Up Slightly on Reopening Demand Amid Easing Covid Effects
–METI Keeps View: Factory Output Shows Signs of Pickup –METI: To Watch Effects of Pandemic, Parts Shortages, Inflation, Ukraine By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s industrial production posted the second straight month-on-month rise in March as reopening demand for chip-making equipment and other machines amid easing Covid effects offset a decline in auto output caused […]
White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, April 27
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US Data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. After, the President will attend the […]
FOMC Seems Sure to Go 50 Basis Points on May 4, but After That Rate Path Uncertain
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – It now seems all but guaranteed that the Federal Reserve will raise short-term interest rates for a second straight Federal Open Market Committee meeting in early May, but it is less certain what the Fed will do thereafter. With a 50 basis point hike in the federal funds rate on May 4 considered a foregone conclusion, the real […]
White House and Other Schedules for Tuesday, April 26
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Tuesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US Data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2022 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting will be […]
Japan March Jobless Rate Slides to Nearly 2-Year Low; Job Recovery Slow
–Number of Employed Up on Month in March but Continues to Fall on Year –March Unemployment at 2.6% Lowest Since April 2020 By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japanese payrolls shrank from year-earlier levels for the sixth straight month in March while the unemployment rate remained relatively low, improving slightly to a nearly two-year low […]
White House and Other Schedules for Monday, April 25
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US Data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, APRIL 25, 2022 In the morning, the President will return to the White House from Wilmington, Delaware. The departure from Delaware Air National […]
White House and Other Schedules for Saturday and Sunday
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are the weekend’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US Data and Federal Reserve events: WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORSATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022 AND SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022 On Saturday and Sunday, the President has no public events scheduled. Saturday’s Out-of-Town Pool Wires: […]
Japan March CPI Rise Accelerates on Energy, Food; Subsidies Cap Gasoline Prices 
–Both Core and Total CPI Measures Mark 7th Straight Y/Y Gains –Utilities Continue Pushing Up Energy; Durable Goods Price Drop Eases –Most of Base Effects of Sharp Mobile Phone Fee Discounts To Fade in April –Fiscal 2021 Total, Core Inch Up, Core-Core (Ex-Fresh Food, Energy) Posts 1st Drop in 9 Years By Max Sato (MaceNews) […]
White House and Other Schedules for Friday, April 22
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Friday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US Data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2022 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Then, the President will deliver […]
Rome Coalition Sources Warn of Fallout from Possible Le Pen Victory for EU, NATO, Italy
Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – A potential victory in France of far-right presidential candidate Marie Le Pen would jeopardize prosperous Italy-France ties and boost Italy’s own far-right populists, warned Italian coalition sources. By extension, a Le Pen victory would weaken the European Union‘s integration process and NATO unity in opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin. The […]