JAPAN GOVT SEES PANDEMIC-CAUSED SOFT SPOTS IN SPENDING, DOWNGRADES VIEW ON EUROPE
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s government Tuesday warned that consumer spending, which accounts for over half of domestic output, is showing soft spots despite its overall improvement from the pandemic-caused slump, according to its monthly report released by the Cabinet Office. While noting increasing export volumes, particularly of automobiles and semiconductor-producing equipment, the government […]
MONDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020 EST 10:00AM In-House Pool Call Time THE PRESIDENT has no public events scheduled. […]
SATURDAY/SUNDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the public White House schedule for Saturday and Sunday: WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORSATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2020, THROUGH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2020 Saturday, December 19, 2020 EST 12:00PM In-House Pool Call Time THE PRESIDENT has no public events scheduled. Sunday, December 20, 2020 EST 12:00PM In-House Pool Call […]
DATA PREVIEW: PERSONAL INCOME, REVISED GDP AND MUCH MORE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – It’s time for Christmas already, and the holiday and the fact Christmas Eve is now a federal holiday as well has rearranged some of the week’s data reports. Yet with the possible exception of the weekly claims report, now coming Wednesday morning, very little if any of the week’s data is expected […]
BOJ EXTENDS ASSET BUYING, SPECIAL FUNDING OPS UNTIL SEPT 2021 TO FIGHT COVID DRAG; TO REVIEW EASING TOOLS
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Japan Friday offered an early Christmas gift by extending the period of increased financial asset purchases and special funding operations aimed at promoting more lending to cash-strapped small businesses by six months until the end of September 2021. After a regular two-day policy meeting, the bank’s nine-member […]
FRIDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020 EST 10:00AM In-House Pool Call Time 3:30PM THE PRESIDENT meets with the Acting Secretary of Defense Closed Press Oval Office ### — Content may appear first or exclusively on the Mace News premium service. For real-time email […]
JAPAN NOV CPI DROP DEEPER ON WEAKER ENERGY, GOVT-FINANCED HOTEL DISCOUNTS EASE AMID COVID SPIKE
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japanese consumer prices posted a sharper drop in November as energy costs continued falling but a spike in coronavirus cases later in the month appeared to have slowed the use of hefty government-financed discounts on hotel and transport charges, data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication released Friday […]
BANK OF ENGLAND LEAVES POLICY UNCHANGED, BUT EXTENDS LENDING SCHEME
—MPC Hints at Symmetric Stance on Inflation Target, Willing to ‘Tolerate’ Inflation Overshoot By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The Bank of England left its main policy tools on hold after its latest rate-setting meeting on Wednesday, but extended the time frame of its supplemental lending scheme and hinted at a more symmetrical approach to […]
THURSDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Thursday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2020 EST 10:00AM In-House Pool Call Time 2:15PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in a signing ceremony for H.R. 473, Authorizing a Women’s Suffrage Monument in our Nation’s Capital Oval Office Closed Press ### […]
FED’S POWELL: TO TAKE A LONG TIME TO RAISE INFL RATE
–Virus Resurgence to Hit First-Quarter Economy By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell Wednesday said reaching the inflation target is going to take “some time” in an environment of disinflation around the world, when price pressure in any sector is no longer persistent. In the near term, however, he warned the […]