BOE’S BAILEY DISCUSSES NEGATIVE RATE CRITERIA; STRESSES ‘WE’RE NOT THERE’ YET

By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The UK’s top rate setter suggested that negative interest rates may be more effective once an economy begins to recover, but repeated that the Bank of England is not considering an imminent rate cut.  “We’re not there at the moment,” said BoE Governor Andrew Bailey Tuesday, addressing the House […]

DATA FLASH: US SEPTEMBER CPI ROSE BY 0.2%; GAINS SLOWING

–Core Prices Also Up 0.2%; Ex. Only Energy, CPI Still Up 0.2%–Energy Prices Rose By 0.8%, Food Prices Flat By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The September consumer price data were right on expectations, with 0.2% gain for both headline and core CPI. The year/year rates for inflation remain significantly below their pre-COVID levels and […]

GERMAN ECONOMIC SENTIMENT SHARPLY LOWER IN OCT AS COVID CASES RISE

By Marco Babic ZURICH (MaceNews) – Economic sentiment in Germany fell in October to its lowest level since July as increasing cases of Covid-19 in Europe and Brexit have raised uncertainly about the economy. The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment Tuesday fell 21.3 points in October to 56.1, and while economists were expecting a decline, […]

TUESDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s public White House schedule: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020 EDT  11:00AM                    In-House Pool Call Time4:35PM                      Out-of-Town Pool Call Time  5:50PM                      THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews South Lawn In-House Pool   6:00PM              […]

STATUS CHECK – PRIME DAY HERE, KEEP CONCENTRATING ON THAT

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. ·        It was the best of times, it was the … well let’s not depress ourselves and just leave it there. After all, this week there are two Prime Days, Tuesday and Wednesday, […]

BOE’S BAILEY NEGATIVE RATES ‘NOT NEAR’ DESPITE LETTER TO BANKS ON IMPLEMENTATION

By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The UK’s top rate setter Monday reiterated his mixed messages over the implementation of negative rates, warning that the Bank of England has no imminent plans to push borrowing rates below zero. “We are not near and haven’t addressed whether we should use them,” said Bank of England Governor […]

MONDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s public White House schedule: f DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020 EDT  11:00AM                            In-House Pool Call Time3:25PM                              Out-of-Town Pool Call Time  4:35PM                             THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews   South Lawn In-House Pool  4:45PM                             THE PRESIDENT arrives at Joint Base Andrews Joint Base Andrews Out-of-Town Travel Pool […]

SATURDAY/SUNDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the Saturday and Sunday public White House schedules: WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORSATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2020 THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2020 Saturday, October 10, 2020 EDT 12:00PM                            In-House Pool Call Time 2:00PM                             THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at a peaceful protest for law & order   South Lawn In-House […]

STATUS CHECK – OF PRESIDENTIAL HEALTH CHECKS AND REGENERON RATIONING

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. ·        President Trump went on Fox late Friday and for what was billed as on on-air health assessment – spoiler alert – he passed. The in-house doctor asked him some questions from the […]

DATA PREVIEW: TAKE A DEEP BREATH, BECAUSE HERE COMES THE PAIN

By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Nothing in life is free. That also applies to the data schedule. After a week that was extremely short on major data, the upcoming week’s schedule is overflowing with it, with the mid-month price, production and sales data crammed into a holiday-shortened four-day week. Hurricane Delta is hitting the […]