US HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI: ‘THE PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE’
By Denny Gulino CAPITOL HILL (MaceNews) – U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in a late afternoon announcement carried nationwide and beyond on several TV channels, declared, “I’m announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.” She added, “The President must be held accountable. No one is above the […]
AT THE UN, TRUMP APPEARS TO DARE CHINA TO SUSPEND TALKS
NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Speaking to a worldwide audience, President Donald Trump Tuesday resurrected every accusation he’s ever voiced against China, appearing to almost dare that country to suspend negotiations set to include the vice premier in the days ahead. In the flat monotone that has come be known as “Teleprompter Trump,” the president spent […]
UK HIGH COURT RULES SUSPENSION OF PARLIAMENT UNLAWFUL
By Laurie Laird LONDON (Mace News) – The U.K.’s highest court has ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament is “void and of no effect,” after determining that the government’s order to do so was “unlawful.” “This court has concluded that the [order to suspend the legislature] should be quashed … Parliament has […]
ST. L FED BULLARD: SLOWING ECON, LOW INFL JUSTIFIED MORE EASE
By Steven K. Beckner EFFINGHAM, ILL. (MaceNews) – St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard. warning an already slowing economy could continue to slow more than expected, strongly suggested Monday that more credit easing is needed, but said it is possible the Fed will be able to “take back” some or all of its […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH ANALYSIS: ‘PLENTY OF TIME’ RE IRAN; WHAT ABOUT CHINA?
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – A snapshot in time: It’s Friday afternoon and once again, market equanimity evaporates as happens so often these days. Not a tweet this time, but a bank shot from the Montana Farm Bureau Federation. A side trip by the China delegation of lower level officials has been […]
NY FED SPELLS OUT ONGOING MONEY MARKET SUPPORT
NEW YORK (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s New York Federal Reserve Bank notice that it will pump $75 billion a day into the money market for the next three weeks and in addition will offer three two-week repo operations of at least $30 billion each after which it will conduct “operations as necessary” to […]
FRIDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s public schedule for the White House: 7:30 AM In-House Pool Call Time 9:00 AM The President and the First Lady participate in the arrival ceremony of the Prime Minister of Australia and Mrs. Morrison – South Lawn – pre-credentialed media 9:30 AM The President and the First Lady […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: FLYING BLIND ON RATES AND MUCH ELSE
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews)– President Trump Thursday said despite his personal attacks, from “boneheads” to Wednesday’s “terrible communicator,” he is not going to try to remove Jerome Powell from the helm of the Federal Reserve. By mid afternoon Trump had tweeted no additional attacks on Powell or other Fed leadership and had […]
THURSDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews} – The following is Thursday’s public schedule of the White House: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 In-Town Pool Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT TV Corr & Crew: FOX Print: The Wall Street Journal Radio: CBS EDT 9:00AM In-House Pool Call Time THE PRESIDENT […]
FEDWATCH: CHAIR POWELL SEES “MEETING BY MEETING’ POLICY READY FOR ANYTHING
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Facing a renewed presidential onslaught and a Federal Open Market Committee split over rate cut policy, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Wednesday said that the day’s quarter-point cut is part of a “meeting by meeting” policy that is hard to anticipate. “We made one decision today,” he said at […]