POWELL: U.S. ECONOMY TO EXTEND MODERATE GROWTH; RECESSION UNLIKELY
By Laurie Laird ZURICH (MaceNews) – The U.S. economy will continue growing at a moderate pace, buoyed by a robust service sector and strong household spending, according to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. “The consumer’s in good shape, and the main expectation is not at all that there will be a recession,” Powell told a gathering […]
US TREASURY’S MNUCHIN: FURTHER FINANCIALLY ISOLATING CUBA
–Remittances to Cuban Relatives Limited to $1,000 a Quarter WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the U.S. Treasury’s announcement Friday of additional financial sanctions being applied to Cuba: Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) to further implement President Trump’s June 2017 National […]
BANK OF CANADA WARNS TRADE WORRIES HITTING ECONOMY
By Gordon Isfeld OTTAWA (MaceNews) – Global economic tension amid ongoing trade disputes, in particular the growing conflict between the United States and China, has led to weaker business investment overall, the Bank of Canada warned Wednesday. “Canada’s economy is operating close to potential and inflation is on target,” the country`s central bank said in its […]
BOSTON FED CHIEF: ‘NOT OVERLY WORRIED’ ABOUT US ECONOMY
By Scott Van Voorhis EASTON, Mass. (MaceNews) – Shrugging off stock market turbulence and a deepening trade war, Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren is taking a bullish view of the health of the national economy. While Fed officials are keeping a close eye on potential recession indicators, Rosengren said he is fairly comfortable […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: TARIFFS ARE A GO FOR SUNDAY AND ‘I GUESS’ CHINA MEET STILL ON
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) -For some reporters standing on the South Lawn driveway Friday evening there was only one question to ask: Are the latest escalated tariffs still on for Sunday. And yes, they are. President Trump talked about hurricane preparations – his Mar a Lago is “dead center – his close […]
EXPORTS LIFT CANADA GDP IN SECOND QUARTER
By Gordon Isfeld OTTAWA (MaceNews) – The Canadian economy exceeded analysts’ expectations for a strong second-quarter gain, following weaker — but still positive — output growth in the first three months of 2019, but the stage remains set for a possible interest rate cut if threats to global output persist. Canada’s gross domestic product grew by 0.9 per […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: STOCKS SOAR AS TRADERS SEE HOPE IN CHINA COMMENTS
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – The statement from China’s Ministry of Commerce could have been more definitive yet it certainly wasn’t the negative declaration some had anticipated, so it was off to the “risk on” races Thursday. The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 held gains of around 1.4% through mid afternoon, […]
TECHNICAL NOTE, US REVISED 2ND QTR GDP – US BEA
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the Bureau of Economic Analysis technical note that accompanied Thursday’s revised report on second quarter gross domestic product: Sources of Revision to Real GDP Real GDP increased 2.0 percent (annual rate) in the second quarter of 2019, a downward revision of 0.1 percentage point from the “advance” estimate. The […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: MKTS HOPE NO NEWS ON CHINA IS GOOD NEWS
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – Yes, there were calls with China officials the White House insists, as the clock ticks toward the Sunday imposition of the first phase of higher tariffs on many China products. China officials on Wednesday still withheld confirmation of any talks, either telephone calls in the past or […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH UPDATE: WAITING FOR TRUMP TO BACK OFF OR AFFIRM SUNDAY’S TARIFFS
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – President Donald Trump kept his tweets coming Tuesday afternoon, again slamming the Federal Reserve while staying away from the topic of China as he has since returning from the weekend in France. One of the other Trumps – “live” Trump – had repeatedly declared China’s Xi Jinping […]