PRES TRUMP DECLARES VICTORY IN SYRIA AS RUSSIA REPLACES US AS PEACEKEEPER
–Lifting Sanctions on Turkey; May See Erdogan at White House WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – President Trump Wednesday morning said the situation at the Turkey border, with Russia replacing the U.S. as peacekeeper, is exactly what he wanted, praising Turkey’s leader and saying he has been thanked by the Kurdish leadership. “This was an outcome created by […]
US DOJ CHALLENGES CALIF-QUEBEC CAP & TRADE DEAL
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the announcement Wednesday morning of a U.S. Department of Justice challenge to California’s cap and trade deal with Quebec: The United States today filed a civil complaint against the state of California, several of its officers, the California Air Resources Board, and the Western Climate Initiative Inc., for unlawfully […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: UNWELCOME RAINDROPS FALLING, FALLING, FALLING
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – The rain finally arrived Tuesday afternoon, making the threatened evening appearance of a White House adviser on the driveway a pain in the neck for photographers and reporters who were already given the formal “lid” announcement by the press staff at 4:52 p.m., an “all clear” that […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: INFLECTION POINT II – QUESTIONS IN THE RANKS
–U.S. Economic Power Can Be ‘Much More Powerful … Than Playing With Guns’ By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – A new week, a Monday Cabinet meeting backgrounds another long recitation of familiar themes from President Trump, the stock market stays positive – and yet again, nothing seems quite the same. As on Friday, […]
IMF’S GEORGIEVA: ‘EVERYBODY LOSES’ IN A TRADE WAR
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The governing body of the IMF, the International Monetary and Finance Committee, Saturday wound up the Fall meetings of the IMF and World Bank, issuing a communique that again pledged not to use exchange rate manipulation for a trade advantage. In her news conference afterward, the new IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: QUIET AFTER THE WEEK’S STORMS AND A KEY INFLECTION POINT
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) -It’s not just the sinking Fall sun casting long shadows on the White House, On a Friday afternoon, after a tumultuous week for President Donald Trump, the press room is quiet although as always, coiled like a spring in case there’s a two-minute warning for pool reporters to […]
FED’S WILLIAMS: STILL ASSESSING WHETHER MORE RATE CUTS NEEDED
NEW YORK (MaceNews) – New York Fed President John Williams Thursday declined to say he favored a rate cut at the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting, saying instead that policy-makers are still assessing the need for additional measures. Williams, speaking to reporters after a speech to an industry group, was asked whether he favored […]
FED’S WILLIAMS: OPEN MKT OPERATIONS HAVE STABILIZED MONEY MARKET, MAY ADJUST AS NEEDED
NEW YORK (MaceNews) – The Federal Reserve’s renewed program of open market operations has stabilized money markets and is keeping the federal funds rate at its target level, and the Fed may adjust its program as needed over time, New York Fed President John Williams said Thursday. Williams, in remarks prepared for delivery to a […]
FED’S EVANS: POLICY REVIEW INCLUDES MAXIMUM RATE OF EMPLOYMENT
By Suzanne Cosgrove CHICAGO (MaceNews) – Chicago Fed President Charles Evans Thursday said the Fed is continuing to review measures of its dual goals of price stability and maximum employment as part of an examination of its policy framework begun late last year. “One of the key questions facing us today is whether the economy […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: THE PRESIDENT GETS MORE ANGRY AS THE DAY GOES ON
–Trump: Situation at Syria’s Border is, for U.S., ‘Strategically Brilliant’ By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) -Anger boiled over at the White House Wednesday, with an impatient and frustrated President Trump lashing out at several sets of adversaries, at one point seeing the speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader storm out […]