DATA FLASH: RETAIL SALES GROWTH SLOWS FURTHER, UP 0.6% IN AUGUST

–Retail Sales Ex Motor Vehicles Up 0.7%; Vehicle Sales Rebound By 0.2%–Business Inventories Rise 0.1% in July, Business Sales Up 3.2% By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Retail sales rose for the fourth straight month in August, but the pace of growth continues to slow as the initial post-shutdown burst is running out of strength. […]

WEDNESDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 EDT 10:00AM                      In-House Pool Call Time  12:30PM                      THE PRESIDENT participates in a High Holy Days Call with Jewish Leaders Oval Office Closed Press  1:30PM                      THE PRESIDENT has lunch with the Vice President Private Dining Room Closed Press  6:50PM                      THE PRESIDENT […]

STATUS CHECK: SIGNALS SENT, WITH SIGNINGS – AND ROCKETS

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes A lot of signaling embedded in the day’s news, starting with the signing of three documents at the White House, formally committing Bahrain,  the UAE and Israel to open embassies in each other’s […]

BofA GLOBAL MANAGERS’ SURVEY: STILL UPBEAT RE WORLD GROWTH PROSPECT; BULLISH EQUITIES

— Inflation Fears Persist By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global investors polled in September remained upbeat about world growth prospects and bullish towards equities, according to the findings of BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Tuesday.    This month, a net 84% of fund managers looked for global growth to strengthen […]

DATA FLASH: US INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SUGGEST RECOVERY SLOWING

–Industrial Production Up Only 0.4%, Motor Vehicle Production Falls 3.7%–Manufacturing Production Up 1.0%, Rises 1.4% Excluding Motor Vehicles–Utilities Production Fall By 0.4%, Mining Drops 2.5% After Two Gains–Empire State Index Rises to 17.0 in September from 3.7 in August By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Industrial production posted another gain in August, continuing the string […]

TUESDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 EDT 8:00AM                        In-House Pool Call Time 2:20PM                         Out-of-Town Pool Call Time  10:30AM                      THE PRESIDENT participates in the arrival of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Bahrain West Wing Lobby Closed Press  10:35AM                      THE PRESIDENT participates in […]

STATUS CHECK: ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, REGARDLESS

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes The beginning of the week and instead of a nice orderly prioritization of the day’s key events, a mélange of the sometimes sober, sometimes hard to believe, sometimes truly absurd happenings that were […]

FOMC PREPARES FOR FIRST MEETING IN NEW MONETARY FRAMEWORK ERA

By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – There was very little chance the Federal Reserve was going to raise interest rates anytime soon but, just to make sure, the Fed’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee gave itself a dual justification for holding rates down indefinitely with the new monetary policy framework it announced on Aug. 27 […]

MONDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 EDT 10:30PM                        In-House Pool Call Time PDT 7:00AM                        Out-of-Town Pool Call Time  9:00AM                      THE PRESIDENT departs the RON Location en route to McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, NV Out-of-Town Travel Pool  9:10AM                      THE PRESIDENT arrives at McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, […]

SATURDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Saturday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 EDT  12:00PM                      In-House Pool Call Time 2:30PM                       Out-of-Town Pool Call Time  12:50PM                      THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. South Portico In-Town Travel Pool  12:55PM                      THE PRESIDENT arrives at Trump International […]