FRIDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2020 EDT 11:00AM                      In-House Pool Call Time 2:00PM                        Out-of-Town Pool Call Time 2:30PM                      THE PRESIDENT receives a briefing on Hurricane Laura Oval Office Closed Press 3:50PM                      THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route […]

STATUS CHECK: DODGING THE HURRICANE BULLET; ACCEPTING NOMINATION

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Thursday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: In the words of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott the Gulf Coast region as well as the northern path inland of Hurricane Laura “dodged a bullet” Thursday with the storm a shade less powerful […]

ANALYSIS: FED CAN NOW HAVE FULL-THROATED RECOVERY FOCUS ON JOBS

By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The pandemic’s destruction of U.S. employment was not the trigger for the new Federal Reserve policy framework, in the works long before the virus hit. However the jobs crisis is a perfectly appropriate context for the focus on employment. That focus had already become the hallmark of the Jay […]

TEXT: FED’S GUIDE TO LONGER-RUN GOALS, MONPOL STRATEGY

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the text of the Federal Reserve’s guide to the changes in its longer-run goals and monetary policy strategy that was released along with Fed Chair Jay Powell’s remarks Thursday morning: In the revised Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy shown below, bold red text shows additions and […]

DATA FLASH: US 2ND QTR GDP REVISED UP TO -31.7%

—Second Quarter PCE Revised Up to -34.1% From -34.6% Previously–Initial Jobless Claims Fell By 98,000 to 1.006 Million in August 22 Week By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews)  – Second quarter GDP was revised up due to upward adjustments to all its components. Even with the small improvement, though, the second quarter reading remains the largest […]

THURSDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Thursday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2020 EDT  11:00AM                      In-House Pool Call Time  11:50AM                      THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. West Executive Avenue In-Town Travel […]

STATUS CHECK: HURRICANE, UNREST AND POLITICS COMPETE FOR THE SPOTLIGHT

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: •             The Gulf Coast Tuesday night was facing imminent and massive damage from Hurricane Laura, a category 4 storm with the possibility of becoming even more powerful before ramming the Gulf Coast between […]

WEDNESDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020 EDT 10:00AM                     In-House Pool Call Time 12:15PM                      THE PRESIDENT receives his intelligence briefing Oval Office Closed Press 3:00PM                        THE PRESIDENT meets with Medical Professionals on COVID-19 Oval Office Closed Press — Content may appear […]

STATUS CHECK: CULTURE WAR MORE COMPLICATED AT GROUND LEVEL

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: The conflicted national mood was well represented Tuesday, with the stark warnings from the Republican National Convention speakers the night before of what was described as a choice between “church, work and school […]

DATA FLASH: US AUGUST CONFIDENCE FALLS FURTHER AS CONCERNS GROW

–Confidence in Both Current Conditions, Expectations Drop Sharply–July New Home Sales Jump by 13.9% To 901,000 SAAR, up 36.3% Yr/Yr  –Manufacturing Regional Data Mixed, But Further Services Improvement By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) -The Conference Board’s U.S. consumer confidence index fell to a reading of 84.8 in August from a downward revised 91.7 reading in […]