MONDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data and Federal Reserve events: The White House  DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting will […]

US Data Preview: Rescue Plan Billions Transcend Data/FOMC

–Coming Up, Retail Sales, Housing Starts; FOMC, Leading Indicators WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Let’s face it, far more significant than the upcoming week’s economic data and FOMC meeting – more than perhaps the entire year’s upcoming data and FOMC meetings – is that the government is beginning to dump American Rescue Plan billions – hundreds of […]

Friday Washington Schedules From MaceNews

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s public schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021  In the morning, the President and the Vice President will meet virtually with their counterparts in the Quad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

FOMC Preview: Fed Not Apt To Start Signaling Policy Shift at Mid-March FOMC Meeting

By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews)– With each passing day, as the recovery continues (and as more Americans get vaccinated), we are getting closer to the time when the Federal Reserve starts tapping the brakes on its supercharged monetary race car. But that doesn’t mean it’s close, and it’s doubtful we will see any perceptible movement […]

European Central Bank to Accelerate Asset Purchases to Combat Rising Bond Yields

By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The European Central Bank will accelerate purchases under its crisis quantitative easing programme, but otherwise left policy unchanged at Thursday’s Governing Council meeting, as it confronted the recent rise in bond yields. “There was consensus at the table of the Governing Council today,” said ECB President Christine Lagarde, briefing […]

THURSDAY’S WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews

WASHINGTON {MaceNews} – The following are Thursday’s public schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021  In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting will […]

Tuesday Washington Schedules from MaceNews

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Tuesday’s public schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data and Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. […]

Japan Q4 GDP Revised Down on Lower Inventories; No Major Change To Solid Capex, Consumption

By Max Sato Gradual Economic Recovery Seen After Pullback in Q1 (MaceNews) – Japan’s economy posted the second straight quarter-on-quarter expansion in October-December but at a slightly slower pace than previously reported, as the decline in private-sector inventories turned out to sharper than initially estimated, Cabinet Office data released Tuesday showed. There was no major […]

Japan Jan Household Spending Plunges As Govt Urges Restrictions To Fight Pandemic

By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s household spending posted a sharper-than-expected drop in January as the government called for restricted economic activity to slow the spread of the pandemic, data released Friday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed. Expenditures on eating out and traveling are estimated to have remained weak for the […]

Draghi Government Eyes Italian Tax Cuts, Simpler, More Progressive Tax Regime – Sources

By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italy’s government is considering ambitious tax reform aimed at cutting Italy’s high taxes, simplifying its complex mix of exemptions, deductions, and credits, and helping lower earners, according to ruling coalition sources. Reducing taxation is paramount to kickstart the post-COVID recovery and boost consumption rates, argued sources. Italy’s income taxation […]