<strong>White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, Feb 8</strong>
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events. DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. After, the […]
<strong>Bank of Canada Governor Macklem Repeats Current Pause in Tightening ‘Conditional’ on Economy Moving Along Projection</strong>
–BOC Sees Upside and Downside Risks to Its Forecast as ‘Balanced’ –Macklem: ‘We Are More Concerned About Upside Risks’ –Macklem: Too Early to Talk about Cutting Rates (MaceNews) – Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem on Tuesday repeated his recent remarks that the bank’s pausing in its credit tightening is “conditional” that overheated domestic economic […]
<strong>White House and Other Schedules for Tuesday, Feb 7</strong>
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Tuesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events. DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. In the evening, […]
<strong>Japan December Household Spending Slips on Discount Mobile Phone Plans; Covid Spike, Inflation Spoil Yearend Parties </strong>
–Spending on Hotels, Transport Continues Rising on Govt Tourism Support –October-December Household Spending Rebounds, Indicating Consumption Supported Expected Q4 GDP Solid Growth –Spending in 2022 Marks 2nd Straight Annual Rise, Showing Pickup from Pandemic Slump –December Real Household Income Posts 3rd Straight Y/Y Drop as Inflation Bites By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s real household […]
<strong>White House and Other Schedules for Monday, Feb 6</strong>
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events. DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. In the […]
<strong>ISM: US January Service Sector Activity Rebounds on New Orders Due to Some Carryover from 2022</strong>
–ISM’s Nieves: Service Index a Little Bit Ahead of Its Time: Post-Holiday Pickup Usually Comes in Late January to Early February –Nieves: Employment Flat as Some Firms Cut Jobs While Others Still Trying to Fill Vacancies By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Business activity in the U.S. service sector bounced back into growth territory at the start […]
<strong>White House and Other Schedules for Friday, Feb 3</strong>
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events. DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. In the afternoon, […]
<strong>White House and Other Schedules for Thursday, Feb 2</strong>
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events. DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed […]
<strong>FOMC Raises Funds Rate 25 BP; Sees ‘Ongoing’ Rate Hikes</strong>
– Powell Welcomes ‘Disinflation’ but Says Fed Has More Work To Do – Doesn’t See Rate Cuts This Year; Sees at Least ‘A Couple More’ Hikes – Rates Likely Need to Stay ‘Higher For Longer’ To Get Inflation to 2% – Not Yet Seeing Disinflation in Core Services Ex-Housing By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – […]
TRANSCRIPT: Fed Powell’s News Conference
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the transcript provided by the Federal Reserve of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC news conference Wednesday: