WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’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 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024
In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: FOX
Print: TIME
Radio: ABC
EST
10:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
11:15 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Closed Press
Briefing Schedule
1:00 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
Friday, February 16, 2024
The President will travel to East Palestine, Ohio.
The President will receive an operational briefing from officials on the continuing response and recovery efforts.
The President will discuss how the Administration is holding Norfolk Southern accountable for the derailment and is working with state and local officials to support the community as it moves forward. The President will discuss his commitment to ensuring the people of East Palestine are not defined by this single event, and that his administration is delivering on the needs of affected families, businesses, and residents.
The President will depart East Palestine, Ohio en route to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
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TREASURY DEPT –
Thursday – Secretary Yellen, back from Michigan, has not public engagements.
STATE DEPT
Thursday – Secretary Blinken is visiting Albania and Germany through Saturday.
1:35 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Embassy Tirana employees and family members in Tirana, Albania.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Applicants in Tirana, Albania.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:05 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with Albanian President Bajram Begaj in Tirana, Albania.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
3:35 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken delivers remarks at a youth and alumni event on “Celebrating the Future of the U.S.-Albania Relationship” in Tirana, Albania.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in Tirana, Albania.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
5:55 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in a signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding on the Fulbright Academic Exchange and a Memorandum of Understanding on the Framework to Counter Foreign State Informational Manipulation in Tirana, Albania.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
This event will be streamed live on the Department homepage and YouTube Channel.
6:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama hold a joint press availability in Tirana, Albania.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Headquarters press briefings, when held on weekdays, occur around 1:15p ET and are livestreamed at State.gov. The transcript of Wednesday’s press briefing is at: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-february-14-2024/
USTR –
Thursday – Ambassador Katherine Tai has no public engagements
.US HOUSE –
Thursday – Last vote before two-wk President’s Day break at 1:30p ET
US SENATE
Thursday – Out for about two weeks. Out. Pro foma session at 3:30p Friday
UPCOMING US, JAPAN, CANADA ECONOMIC REPORTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 8:15a ET Canada housing starts
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 8:30a ET Canada manufacturing sales
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 8:30a ET US jobless claims
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 8:30a ET US retail sales
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 8:30a ET US Philadelphia Fed manufacturing
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 8:30a ET US NY Fed Empire State manufacturing
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 8:30a ET US import & export prices
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 9:15a ET US industrial production
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 10a ET US business inventories
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 10a ET US NAHB housing market index
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 10:30a ET US EIA weekly natural gas inventories
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 12:00 ET US Freddie Mac weekly mortgage rates
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 12-13:00 ET US Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 13:15 ET Fed’s Waller at Global Interdependence Center on dollar
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 16:00 ET US Treasury TICS
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 16:30 ET US Fed weekly balance sheet
Thursday, Feb. 15 – 19:00 ET Fed’s Bostic at Money Marketeers
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Friday, Feb. 16 – 8:30a ET US housing starts & permits
Friday, Feb. 16 – 8:30a ET US PPI
Friday, Feb. 16 – 9:10a ET Fed’s Barr on banking at Columbia Univ. Law
Friday, Feb. 16 – 10a ET US Univ. of Michigan survey of consumer sentiment
Friday, Feb. 16 – 12:45 ET Fed’s Daly at National Assoc. for Business Economics
Friday, Feb. 16 –13:00 ET US Baker Hughes Rig count
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Thursday, Feb. 22 –15:00 ET Fed’s Harker at Univ. of Delaware
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