Saturday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Saturday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, USTR, the Capitol and for upcoming Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORSATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2021 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will meet with their national security team to hear […]
Jackson Hole: Fed Gets Easy Money Advice At Symposium From Presenters
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – As Federal Reserve policymakers try to calibrate the appropriate amount of monetary stimulus for an economy still recovering from the Covid virus and experiencing unpredictable cross currents in labor and other markets, they received plenty of advice from presenters at the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium Friday. Most of […]
Cautious Powell Stops Short of Signaling Near-Term Tapering In Jackson Hole Talk
‘Progress’ on Employment Made But Much More Ground To Cover Cites Downside Risks From Delta Variant Warns Would Be ‘Mistake’ To Tighten Policy Too Soon By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – A cautious Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Friday continued to indicate that the Fed is getting closer to scaling back asset purchases, but stopped […]
Italy to Push for a Stronger EU Defense; Afghan Crisis Will Have Repercussions – Sources
By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italy will push for a stronger, more coordinated European defense policy and the creation of ‘emergency’ intervention units to tackle geopolitical crises, according to ruling coalition sources. “The U.S.’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the way in which the entire NATO mission has failed to deliver a stable country, is […]
Friday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, USTR, the Capitol and for upcoming Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Then, the […]
Japan Govt Repeats Economic Pickup Intact, Led by Global Recovery
By Max Sato — Govt Warns of Risk Posed by Southeast Asian Lockdowns on Supply Chains (MaceNews) – Japan’s government Thursday repeated that the economy is still headed for recovery after the Q2 GDP data showed unexpectedly resilient consumer spending and a rebound in business investment, but warned about the downside risk posed by a […]
Thursday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, USTR, the Capitol and for upcoming Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Then, the […]
Wednesday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, USTR, the Capitol and for upcoming Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Then, the […]
US House Paves Way for Passage of $3.5t Budget Plan
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The U.S. House Tuesday voted to adopt a rule that allows Democrats to immediately begin work on a massive $3.5 trillion social benefits package. The rule also requires the lower chamber to take up the Senate-passed bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill by Sept. 27. The vote was 220-212. Pelosi has asked many […]
Tuesday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Tuesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, USTR, the Capitol and for upcoming Federal Reserve events: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Then, the […]