WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Monday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events:
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024
The President and the First Lady will host a Women’s History Month reception at the White House. The President will announce the most comprehensive set of executive actions ever taken to advance women’s health research and innovation. The First Lady and the Vice President will also deliver remarks, and the Second Gentleman will attend. This event in the East Room will be pooled for TV and open to pre-credentialed media.
In the afternoon, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting in the Oval Office will be closed press. The Vice President will join.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: ABC
Print: TIME
Radio: AURN
EDT
10:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
11:30 AM THE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST LADY, and THE VICE PRESIDENT deliver remarks at a Women’s History Month reception at the White House; THE SECOND GENTLEMAN attends
East Room
Pre-Credentialed Media (Gather 11:15 AM – Palm Room Doors)
3:15 PM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing; THE VICE PRESIDENT attends
Oval Office
Closed Press
Briefing Schedule
EDT
1:30 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
TREASURY DEPT –
Monday -– Secretary Yellen has no public engagements
STATE DEPT
Monday – Secretary Blinken is on travel to Austria, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines from March 14-20, 2024.
Headquarters press briefings, when held on weekdays, occur around 1:15p ET and are livestreamed at State.gov..
USTR –
Monday –
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will participate in a virtual ministerial meeting of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP). This meeting is closed press.
Tuesday, March 19
Ambassador Tai will participate in a moderated conversation on the President’s 2024 Trade Policy Agenda at the State International Development Organizations’(SIDO) 2024 Washington Leadership Forum. This event is closed press.
Wednesday, March 20
Ambassador Tai will participate in a White House Women’s History Month labor roundtable. This event is closed press.
Ambassador Tai will participate in a fireside chat at Georgetown University Law Center’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association’s (APALSA) Trailblazers event. This event will be closed press.
.US HOUSE –
Monday – Out. Back Tuesday at noon ET. Once again, House faces a partial govt shutdown midnight Friday. Meanwhile, votes on barring data brokers from selling sensitive personal data to foreigners.. Two-week recess coming up, likely leaving Ukrain-Israel aid hanging till April at least.
US SENATE
Monday – Out. Back Tuesday3:00 p.m.: Convene and proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Nicole G. Berner, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
UPCOMING US, JAPAN, CANADA ECONOMIC REPORTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Monday, March 18 – 10a ET US NAHB homebuilders index
Monday, March 18 – 10:30a ET Japan BOJ policy announcement with expectations for an historic rate hike. In anticipation Nikkei was up 2.5% or 979 points at 2a ET Monday.
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Tuesday, March 19 – 8:30a ET US housing starts
Tuesday, March 19 – 8:30a ET Canada CPI
Tuesday, March 19 – 13:00 ET US Treasury 20-year bond auction
Tuesday, March 19 – 16:00 ET US Treasury TICS
Tuesday, March 19 – 16:00 ET US API weekly oil inventories
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Wednesday, March 20 – 7a ET US Mortgage Bankers Assoc mortgage applications
Wednesday, March 20 – 10a ET US Atlanta Fed business inflation expectations
Wednesday, March 20 – 10:30a ET US EIA petroleum status
Wednesday, March 20 – 14:00 ET US FOMC policy announcement
Wednesday, March 20 – 14:30 ET US Fed chair press conference
Wednesday, March 20 – 19:50 ET Japan merchandise trade
Wednesday, March 20 – 20:30 ET Australia employment
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Thursday, March 21 – 8a ET UK Bank of England policy announcement
Thursday, March 21 – 8:30a ET US jobless claims
Thursday, March 21 – 8:30a ET US Philadelphia Fed manufacturing
Thursday, March 21 – 8:30a ET US current account
Thursday, March 21 – 9:45a ET US PMI composite flash
Thursday, March 21 – 10a ET US NAR existing home sales
Thursday, March 21 – 10a ET US index of leading indicators
Thursday, March 21 – 10:30a ET US EIA weekly natural gas inventories
Thursday, March 21 – 13:00 ET US 10-year TIPSs auction
Thursday, March 21 – 12:00 ET US Freddie Mac weekly mortgage rates
Thursday, March 21 – 16:30 ET US Fed weekly balance sheet
Thursday, March 21 – 19:30 ET Japan CPI
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Friday, March 22 – 8:30a ET Canada retail sales
Friday, March 22 – 9a ET Fed’s Powell at Fed Listens event
Friday, March 22 –13:00 ET US Baker Hughes Rig count
Friday, March 22 –16:00 ET Fed’s Bostic moderated conversation on household finance at Atlanta Fed
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