White House and Other Schedules for Thursday, April 14
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Thursdays schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US Data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Then, the President […]
White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, April 13
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US Data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2022 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. […]
White House and Other Schedules for Tuesday, April 12
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Tuesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2022 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Then, the […]
WHITE HOUSE AND OTHER SCHEDULES FOR MONDAY, APRIL 11
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US Data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022 In the morning, the President will return to the White House from Wilmington, Delaware. The departure from Delaware Air […]
<strong>FOMC Minutes: Sentiment for 50 bp Rate Hike Deferred Due to Ukraine Concerns</strong><strong></strong>
– Future 50 BP Hikes Apt To Be On The Table – FOMC Made Ready For Balance Sheet Reduction With Expanded Caps By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve officials leaned heavily toward further increases in short-term interest rates at their mid-March Federal Open Market Committee meeting, but conditioned the size and pace of […]
FOMC: Likely Bal Sheet Runoff to be $60 Bln Tsys/Month, $35 Bln MBS/Month
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee minutes released Wednesday suggested a more aggressive runoff of the balance sheet than had generally been expected – at least before Gov. Lael Brainard’s more hawkish statements Tuesday – sending markets into sudden volatility as the implications were absorbed by market participants. The details of what the […]
ISM: US March Service Sector Activity Picks Up on Easing Covid Rules But Headwinds Remain 
–ISM: US Service Providers Continue Facing Surging Costs, Supply Bottlenecks –ISM’s Nieves: Fed Has to Tighten To Keep Inflation From Hurting Economy –ISM: Supply Delivery Delays Ease in March; Inventories Up but Still Too Low –ISM: War in Ukraine Pushing Up Prices, Creating Uncertainty for Many Firms By Max Sato (MaceNews) – US service sector […]
Biden Admin Budget Proposals Hit Billionaires, Deficit
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – President Biden Monday afternoon formally unveils his fiscal 2023 federal government budget proposals, increasing military spending – which Republicans like – and inventing a new tax on unrealized capital gains aimed the the richest tier of Americans – which Republican pledge to kill as fast as possible. The White House fact sheet […]
<strong>St. Louis Fed’s Bullard: Get Funds Rate To Neutral Or Higher To Curb Inflation</strong>
– Fed Has ‘Long Ways To Go” To Hike Rates; Should Move Faster Than In Past – After Starting ‘Passive Runoff’ Of Balance Sheet May Need To Sell Assets – Despite Ukraine, U.S. Economy Will Grow Above Potential, Further Reduce Unemployment By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – With inflation “way over” the Federal Reserve’s 2% […]
US Nat’l Security Adviser Sullivan: Pres Biden to Consult w/Allies on Potential Russia Use of Nukes
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Tuesday answered a reporter’s question about Russia’s use of possibly smaller nuclear weapons in Ukraine: by saying President Biden will this week, in his visit to Brussels, be consulting with allies on ‘that potential contingency.” Sullivan’s verbatim response follows: “President Putin, in the early days of […]