FOMC MINUTES: MOST PARTICIPANTS WANTED TO TONE UP ASSET PURCHASES GUIDANCE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Reserve’s top policymakers wanted to gear forward guidance more to explaining how asset purchases would remain calibrated to the state of the economy at their meeting at the beginning of the month, their minutes showed Wednesday. The suggestion for more definitive guidance, however, fell far short of expectations that the […]
DATA FLASH: US OCTOBER PERSONAL INCOME FALLS AS STIMULUS DISAPPEARS
–US October Personal Income -0.7% After +0.7% in October, Savings Rate 13.6%–Nominal PCE +0.5%, Real PCE +0.5%; Core Prices Flat–November Michigan Sentiment Index Revised Down to 76.9, Expectations Tumble By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Personal income fell in October, reflecting the removal of the Lost Wages stimulus package that lifted income in September, one […]
UK DOWNGRADES ECONOMIC FORECASTS; RETURN TO POST-PANDEMIC LEVEL DELAYED TO END 2022
By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The UK economy – already lagging its developed-world peers – will recover more slowly than expected, according to updated forecasts released on Wednesday. Output will not regain its pre-pandemic level until the final quarter of 2022, according to UK’s top finance official, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, delivering his spending statement […]
WEDNESDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020 EST 10:00AM In-House Pool Call Time THE PRESIDENT has no public events scheduled. ### — Content may appear first or exclusively on the Mace News premium service. For real-time email delivery contact tony@macenews.com. Twitter headlines @macenewsmacro.
STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY- STILL WAITING FOR YELLEN
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · President-Elect Joe Biden’s slate of foreign policy, national security and domestic security picks who made their formal debut Tuesday did not yet include Janet Yellen, who perhaps will get a solo event […]
FED’S BULLARD: MON POLICY ‘GREAT’ BUT CAN ‘REDOUBLE’ QE EFFORTS IF NEEDED
–Fed Established Expectations No Rate Hikes ‘For A Long Time” –Fed, Tsy Have Flexibility To Deal Wtih Renewed Financial Stress if Needed –Economy Holding Up; Expect Above Trend Growth Q4, 1st half –Pandemic Doesn’t Necessarily Impede Output, Employment By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard Tuesday spoke hopefully […]
TUESDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020 In-Town PoolWires: AP, Reuters, BloombergWire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYTTV Corr & Crew: ABCPrint: New York TimesRadio: NPR EST 10:00AM In-House Pool Call Time 2:00PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY present the National Thanksgiving […]
STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY- A TRUMP GOODBYE SPEECH IN THE WORKS?
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · A Monday night to remember, when Joe Biden won the presidency, sort of. It was a time for Biden supporters to celebrate all over again. They didn’t but they could have. The […]
BOE SEES DIMINISHING MARGINAL RETURNS FROM ASSET PURCHASES
— External Rate Setters Lament Low Inflation, Raising Questions Over MPC Rift and Future Policy By Laurie LairdLONDON (MaceNews) – Top Bank of England rate setters agreed that quantitative easing will exert a diminishing influence on the UK economic recovery, raising questions about the tools available to the central bank as two external officials lamented […]
MONDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020 EST 10:00AM In-House Pool Call Time THE PRESIDENT has no public events scheduled. — Content may appear first or exclusively on the Mace News premium service. For real-time email delivery contact tony@macenews.com. Twitter headlines @macenewsmacro.