UPDATE: CANADIAN ECONOMY ADDS NEARLY 54,000 JOBS IN SEPTEMBER
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: JARRING CONTRAST-CHINA TALKS AND A PRESIDENT WHO GRIEVES FOR THE FALLEN
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – Somebody knows something, right? Because why would stocks go up on optimism about the China talks that start Thursday, a day after they went down on pessimism about the talks? Maybe the eight drivers sitting on a bench waiting for the next trip overheard something as they […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: BAD VIBES SURROUND RUNUP TO CHINA TRADE TALKS
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – The BLS Limo Group black vans are back at the Willard Hotel, this time carrying bureaucrats from China and as they mill about at 14th & F streets, a block from the Treasury and two blocks from the White House, they seem relaxed. They are a low-security […]
UPDATED WHITE HOUSE WATCH: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER SURPRISE POLICY SHIFT
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – It was a sort of typical Monday in the Executive Mansion, a few tweets, a surprise pullout of U.S. troops from Syria, an impromptu news conference after the signing of a $55 billion trade deal and an accompanying “digital” commerce agreement with Japan and on many levels, […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: OCTOBER BECOMES MORE CROWDED WITH TARIFFS
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – One of the many targets of the president other than the “stone-cold crooked” Bidens – who he Thursday called on China to investigate, apparently in case Ukraine isn’t up to the job – is doing the White House a favor. First, though, as he left for a […]
CANADA GDP FLAT IN JULY, WITH GOODS-PRODUCING SECTOR WEAKENING
By Gordon Isfeld OTTAWA (MaceNews) – The Canadian economy stalled in July after a four-month growth spurt, as major sectors such as manufacturing, construction, and oil and gas showed signs of weakening. “Following four months of growth, real gross domestic product was essentially unchanged in July as a decline in goods-producing industries was offset by […]
FED’S EVANS SEES CURRENT RATES AT APPROPRIATE LEVELS, BUT LEAVES EASING DOOR OPEN
By Laurie Laird FRANKFURT (MaceNews) – U.S. interest rates currently reflect the “fundamental” resilience of the economy, according to an influential Federal Reserve policy maker, in line with the latest outlook provided by the central bank, suggesting a holding pattern for monetary policy. “The setting of the funds rate at the moment is appropriate for […]
AT THE UN, TRUMP APPEARS TO DARE CHINA TO SUSPEND TALKS
NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Speaking to a worldwide audience, President Donald Trump Tuesday resurrected every accusation he’s ever voiced against China, appearing to almost dare that country to suspend negotiations set to include the vice premier in the days ahead. In the flat monotone that has come be known as “Teleprompter Trump,” the president spent […]
UK HIGH COURT RULES SUSPENSION OF PARLIAMENT UNLAWFUL
By Laurie Laird LONDON (Mace News) – The U.K.’s highest court has ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament is “void and of no effect,” after determining that the government’s order to do so was “unlawful.” “This court has concluded that the [order to suspend the legislature] should be quashed … Parliament has […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH ANALYSIS: ‘PLENTY OF TIME’ RE IRAN; WHAT ABOUT CHINA?
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – A snapshot in time: It’s Friday afternoon and once again, market equanimity evaporates as happens so often these days. Not a tweet this time, but a bank shot from the Montana Farm Bureau Federation. A side trip by the China delegation of lower level officials has been […]