White House and Other Schedules for Thursday, June 22

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2023In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. After, the […]

Powell Repeats Further Rate Hike Signal; Objects to ‘Pause’ Description

– Outlines Fed’s Balance Sheet Reduction Strategy By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed Wednesday his strong message that the Fed will be raising short-term interest rates again in all probability. Testifying on the Fed’s semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, Powell largely reiterated what he said last Wednesday after the Fed’s […]

White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, June 21

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2023In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Later, the […]

TRANSCRIPT: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Post-FOMC News Conference

WASHINGTON (MaceNews)- The following is the transcript of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s news conference held after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that concluded Wednesday: Since early last year, the FOMC has tightened the stance of monetary policy. We have raised our policy interest rate by five percentage points and continued to reduce our […]

White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, June 14

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2023In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Briefing. The Vice President will attend. This […]

White House and Other Schedules for Tuesday, June 13

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Tuesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed […]

FOMC Faces Tough Choice of Policy Options: Hike, Skip or Pause

– At Issue: The Funds Rate May Be ‘Restrictive,’ But Is it ‘Sufficiently Restrictive‘? By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – In the run up to the Federal Reserve’s mid-June monetary policy meeting we’ve been witnessing a kind of clinic on central bank communication or, some would say, miscommunication. With key data yet to arrive and […]