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 29, 2024
In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press.
After, the President will travel to Brownsville, Texas. The departure from the South Lawn will be open press.
The departure from Joint Base Andrews will be covered by the out-of-town pool. The arrival at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, Brownsville, Texas will be open press.
In the afternoon, the President will receive a briefing at the border. This briefing will be covered by the out-of-town pool.
Then, the President will receive an operational briefing from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, and ICE. This briefing will have an out-of-town pool spray at the top.
After, the President will deliver remarks. These remarks will be open press.
In the evening, the President will return to the White House. The departure from Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, Brownsville, Texas will be covered by the out-of-town pool. The arrival at Joint Base Andrews will be covered by the out-of-town pool.
The arrival on the South Lawn will be open press.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: CNN
Print: Dallas Morning News
Radio: CBS
Out-of-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: CNN
Print: Christian Science Monitor
Radio: iHeart Radio
EST
9:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
9:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Closed Press
9:15 AM Out-of-Town Pool Call Time
Joint Base Andrews Overhang
10:10 AM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn
Open Press (Gather 10:00 AM – Palm Room Doors)
10:30 AM THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route to Brownsville, Texas
Joint Base Andrews
Out-Of-Town Pool
CST
1:35 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives in Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, Brownsville, Texas
Open Press
2:10 PM THE PRESIDENT receives a briefing at the border
Brownsville, Texas
Out-Of-Town Pool
3:05 PM THE PRESIDENT receives an operational briefing from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, and ICE
Brownsville, Texas
Out-of-Town Pool Spray
3:30 PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks
Brownsville, Texas
Open Press
5:30 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Brownsville, Texas en route to Joint Base Andrews
Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, Brownsville, Texas
Out-of-Town Pool
EST
9:45 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route to the White House
Joint Base Andrews
Out-of-Town Pool
9:55 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives at the White House
South Lawn
Open Press (Gather 9:45 PM – Palm Room Doors)
Briefing Schedule
Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton will gaggle aboard Air Force One en route to Brownsville, Texas . (The transcript of Wednesday’s briefing is at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/02/28/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-52/)
Friday, March 1, 2024
The President will host Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy for a bilateral meeting.
The President will travel to Camp David.
TREASURY DEPT –
Thursday – At 9:45 AM BRT / 7:45 AM EST, Secretary Yellen, in Sao Paulo, will participate in a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sangmok of the Republic of Korea. This meeting is closed press.
At 10:00 AM BRT / 8:00 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in Session Three of the G20 Finance Ministerial meeting on International Taxes. This session is closed press.
At 1:15 PM BRT / 11:15 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan of Saudi Arabia. There will be a photo spray at the beginning of this meeting for pre-credentialed media.
At 2:00 PM BRT / 12:00 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Finance Luis Caputo of Argentina. There will be an extended spray to cover the Secretary’s opening remarks at the beginning of this meeting for pre-credentialed media.
At 2:30 PM BRT / 12:30 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in Session Four of the G20 Finance Ministerial meeting on Debt and Financing for Sustainable Development. This session is closed press.
In the evening, Secretary Yellen will depart São Paulo, Brazil for Santiago, Chile.
At 11:00 AM EST, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo will host a roundtable discussion with housing industry leaders on challenges and efforts to expand housing supply. This discussion is closed press.
At 9:45 AM BRT / 7:45 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sangmok of the Republic of Korea. This meeting is closed press.
At 10:00 AM BRT / 8:00 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in Session Three of the G20 Finance Ministerial meeting on International Taxes. This session is closed press.
At 1:15 PM BRT / 11:15 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan of Saudi Arabia. There will be a photo spray at the beginning of this meeting for pre-credentialed media.
At 2:00 PM BRT / 12:00 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Finance Luis Caputo of Argentina. There will be an extended spray to cover the Secretary’s opening remarks at the beginning of this meeting for pre-credentialed media.
At 2:30 PM BRT / 12:30 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in Session Four of the G20 Finance Ministerial meeting on Debt and Financing for Sustainable Development. This session is closed press.
In the evening, Secretary Yellen will depart São Paulo, Brazil for Santiago, Chile.
STATE DEPT
Thursday – Secretary Blinkenhas no public engagements.
Headquarters press briefings, when held on weekdays, occur around 1:15p ET and are livestreamed at State.gov. The transcript of Wednesday’s 1:04p ET briefing is at:: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-february-28-2024/
USTR –
Thursday Ambassador Katherine Tai, Deputy United States Trade Representative María Pagán and Chief Agricultural Negotiator Doug McKalip are in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13).
.US HOUSE –
Thursday
Back at 10a ET. Full House votes at 1:30p ET on stop-gap budget measure which avoids a partial govt shutdown Friday midnight, setting new deadlines of March 8 and March 22.
US SENATE
Thursday – 10:00 a.m.: Convene and proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Marjorie A. Rollinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury.
UPCOMING US, JAPAN, CANADA ECONOMIC REPORTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 8:30a ET US jobless claims
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 8:30a ET US personal income and outlays
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 8:30a ET Canada GDP
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 9:45a ET US Chicago PMI
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 10a ET US NAR pending home sales
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 10:30a ET US EIA weekly natural gas inventories
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 10:50a ET Fed’s Bostic fireside chat at Atlanta Fed conference
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 11a ET Kansas City Fed manufacturing
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 11a ET Fed’s Goolsbee speaks at Princeton Univ.
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 12:00 ET US Freddie Mac weekly mortgage rates
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 13:15 ET Fed’s Mester speaks at Columbia Univ.
Thursday, Feb. 22 – 15:00 ET US farm prices
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 16:30 ET US Fed weekly balance sheet
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 18:30 ET Japan unemployment
Thursday, Feb. 29 – 20:10 ET Fed’s Williams speaks at Citizens Budget Commission
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Friday, March 1 – 9:45a ET US S&P PMI manufacturing final
Friday, March 1 – 10a ET US ISM manufacturing
Friday, March 1 – 10a ET US construction spending
Friday, March 1 – 10a ET US consumer sentiment (U. of Michigan)
Friday, March 1 – 10:15a ET Fed’s Logan at Univ. of Chicago Booth School event
Friday, March 1 –13:00 ET US Baker Hughes Rig count
Friday, March 1 –13:15 ET Fed’s Daly at Univ. of Chicago Booth School event
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