STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY- THE HAVES GIVE THANKS, THE HAVE-NOTS WAIT IN LINE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. The day before Thanksgiving, the latest economic data suggested the country is fractured economically as well as politically, with hardship increasing at the same exponential pace as virus infections while those lucky enough […]
FOMC MINUTES: MOST PARTICIPANTS WANTED TO TONE UP ASSET PURCHASES GUIDANCE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Reserve’s top policymakers wanted to gear forward guidance more to explaining how asset purchases would remain calibrated to the state of the economy at their meeting at the beginning of the month, their minutes showed Wednesday. The suggestion for more definitive guidance, however, fell far short of expectations that the […]
DATA FLASH: US OCTOBER PERSONAL INCOME FALLS AS STIMULUS DISAPPEARS
–US October Personal Income -0.7% After +0.7% in October, Savings Rate 13.6%–Nominal PCE +0.5%, Real PCE +0.5%; Core Prices Flat–November Michigan Sentiment Index Revised Down to 76.9, Expectations Tumble By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Personal income fell in October, reflecting the removal of the Lost Wages stimulus package that lifted income in September, one […]
UK DOWNGRADES ECONOMIC FORECASTS; RETURN TO POST-PANDEMIC LEVEL DELAYED TO END 2022
By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The UK economy – already lagging its developed-world peers – will recover more slowly than expected, according to updated forecasts released on Wednesday. Output will not regain its pre-pandemic level until the final quarter of 2022, according to UK’s top finance official, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, delivering his spending statement […]
STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY- STILL WAITING FOR YELLEN
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · President-Elect Joe Biden’s slate of foreign policy, national security and domestic security picks who made their formal debut Tuesday did not yet include Janet Yellen, who perhaps will get a solo event […]
ECB CHIEF ECONOMIST: RAISING EMPLOYMENT CONSISTENT WITH ECB’S PRICE STABILITY MANDATE
By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The European Central Bank can pursue higher euro zone employment within the parameters of the Bank’s single mandate of achieving price stability, according to the ECB’s chief economist. “The same factors needed to increase inflation will drive employment,” said ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane, in response to a question […]
FED’S BULLARD: MON POLICY ‘GREAT’ BUT CAN ‘REDOUBLE’ QE EFFORTS IF NEEDED
–Fed Established Expectations No Rate Hikes ‘For A Long Time” –Fed, Tsy Have Flexibility To Deal Wtih Renewed Financial Stress if Needed –Economy Holding Up; Expect Above Trend Growth Q4, 1st half –Pandemic Doesn’t Necessarily Impede Output, Employment By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard Tuesday spoke hopefully […]
GERMAN BUSINESS CONFIDENCE FALLS IN NOVEMBER ON VIRUS CONCERNS
By Marco Babic ZURICH (MaceNews) – Sentiment at German companies deteriorated in November, as a second wave of COVID-19 cases are dampening expectations, the Munich-based Ifo Institute said Tuesday. The Business Climate Index fell for a second month to 90.7 in November from a revised 92.5 (92.7) the previous month. The decline was not as […]
STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY- A TRUMP GOODBYE SPEECH IN THE WORKS?
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. · A Monday night to remember, when Joe Biden won the presidency, sort of. It was a time for Biden supporters to celebrate all over again. They didn’t but they could have. The […]
BOE SEES DIMINISHING MARGINAL RETURNS FROM ASSET PURCHASES
— External Rate Setters Lament Low Inflation, Raising Questions Over MPC Rift and Future Policy By Laurie LairdLONDON (MaceNews) – Top Bank of England rate setters agreed that quantitative easing will exert a diminishing influence on the UK economic recovery, raising questions about the tools available to the central bank as two external officials lamented […]