MONDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, Capitol Hill along with upcoming data releases: The White House DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed […]
WEEKEND WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Saturday and Sunday schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Senate, the House as well as economic data: The White House WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORSATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021 AND SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2021 On Saturday and Sunday, the President has no public events scheduled. Saturday’s In-Town Pool Wires: AP, […]
ITALY’S POLITICAL CRISIS DEEPENS; CONTE’S FUTURE ON LINE AS HEAD OF STATE BUYS MORE TIME
By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italy’s head of state Sergio Mattarella handed to lower house leader Roberto Fico an ‘explorative’ mandate to evaluate whether the current ruling coalition has a stable enough majority to keep on governing. Mattarella was obliged to take the step following the failure of two days of party talks at […]
DATA PREVIEW: JOBS REPORT, ISMS, FACTORY ORDERS
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – After a week full of GameStop drama, the upcoming week’s data doesn’t seem to have nearly as much surprise potential, including the jobs report which few expect to contain much good news. Friday’s employment situation report is unlikely to paint a picture much different than the broad outlines depicted by the weekly […]
FRIDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s public schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Senate and the House along with U.S. data: The White House 9:00 AM EST The President and The Vice President receive the President’s Daily Brief Oval Office Closed Press 10:00 AM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki 11:00 AM […]
JAPAN FACTORY OUTPUT POSTS 2ND STRAIGHT M/M SLIDE IN DEC BUT KEEPS Q/Q RISE
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s industrial production slipped for the second straight month in December as the auto industry, which had led the recent pickup in overall output, took a breather amid the pandemic, while production of turbines and laptops lost some steam after recent gains, preliminary data released Friday by the Ministry of […]
JAPAN JAN TOKYO CPI DROP EASES AS GOVT SUSPENDS HOTEL DISCOUNTS AMID SURGING COVID-19 CASES
— Lower energy prices remain key factor behind y/y fall in CPI By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Consumer prices in Tokyo, a leading indicator of the national average, made an unexpectedly large month-on-month rebound in January, as the government suspended discounts on leisure traveling amid surging new coronavirus cases, data from the Ministry of Internal […]
THURSDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULES FROM MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s public schedules for the White House, Treasury, the Senate and the House: THE WHITE HOUSE 9:00 AM EST In-Town Pool Call Time 9:45 AM The President and The Vice President receive the President’s Daily Brief Oval Office – Closed Press 1:30 PM The President signs executive actions strengthening […]
FED’S POWELL: PREMATURE TO TALK ABOUT EXIT FROM EASY MONETARY POLICY
By Steve Beckner –Vows Clear Communication Well Ahead of Any Tapering of QE–Downplays Concerns About Inflation, Asset Bubbles (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell showed some impatience with talk of “exiting” from the Fed’s exceptionally easy monetary policies Wednesday and vowed to continue providing support to the economic recovery “until the job is done.” […]
FOMC: CONCENTRATES ON CONTINUING VIRUS ECONOMIC DAMAGE
(WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee, while standing pat on all fronts as expected Wednesday, only intensified its emphasis on the continuing economic damage being imposed by the pandemic, despite the advent of vaccine inoculations. The following is the FOMC statement text: The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of […]