WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’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 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2023
In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press.
In the afternoon, the President and the Vice President will have lunch. This meeting in the President’s Private Dining Room will be closed press.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: FOX
Print: San Francisco Chronicle
Radio: FOX
EST
10:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
10:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Closed Press
1:15 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT have lunch
The President’s Private Dining Room
Closed Press
Briefing Schedule
EST
1:00 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre . (The transcript of Tuesday’s press gaggle aboard Air Force One is at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/01/30/press-gaggle-by-principal-deputy-press-secretary-olivia-dalton-and-nsc-coordinator-john-kirby-en-route-west-palm-beach-fl/)
Thursday, February 1, 2024
The President will attend the National Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill.
TREASURY DEPT –
Wednesday – At 11:00 AM, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will hold a bilateral meeting with Executive Vice President and Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager and Executive Vice President and Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis of the European Union. Secretary Yellen will discuss shared work, including direct budget support for Ukraine, which advances U.S. national security interests by allowing Ukraine to focus their financial resources on their own defense. There will be a press spray to cover opening remarks. The spray is open to pre-credentialed media.
STATE DEPT
Wednesday – 11:30 a.m. Secretary Blinken meets with InterAction President and CEO Tom Hart and member NGO leaders at the Department of State. 1:15 p.m. Secretary Blinken meets with UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag at the Department of State. 2:00 p.m. Secretary Blinken meets with UK Defense Minister Grant Shapps at the Department of State
Headquarter press briefings, when held on weekdays, occur around 1:15p ET and are livestreamed at State.gov. The transcript of Tuesday’s 1:25p ET briefing is at: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-january-30-2024/
USTR –
Wednesday – Ambassador Katherine Tai, Assistant U.S Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Bryant Trick, and Senior Advisor Beth Baltzan will be in Brussels, Belgium.
Ambassador Tai will participate in a fireside chat at the Antitrust, Regulation, and the Next World Order Conference hosted by Cristina Caffarra and the Capitol Forum. This fireside chat is open press. More information can be found on the conference website.
.US HOUSE –
Wednesday -– Back at 10a ET.
US SENATE
Wednesday – 10:00 a.m.: Convene and proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Karoline Mehalchick, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
UPCOMING US, JAPAN, CANADA ECONOMIC REPORTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 7a ET US Mortgage Bankers Assoc mortgage applications
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 8:15a ET US ADP employment
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 8:30a ET Canada monthly GDP
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 8:30a ET US Treasury refunding announcement
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 8:30a ET US employment cost index
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 9:45a ET US Chicago PMI
Wednesday, Jan 31 – 10a ET US Tsys refunding news conference
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 10:30a ET US EIA weekly petroleum inventories
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 14:00 ET US FOMC policy announcement
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 14:00 ET US Fed chair press conference
Wednesday, Jan. 31 – 15:00 ET US farm prices
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Thursday, Feb. 1 – 7a ET UK BOE policy announcement
Thursday, Feb. 1 – 7:30a ET US Challenger layoffs report
Thursday, Feb. 1 – 8:30a ET US productivity & costs
Thursday, Feb. 1 – 8:30a ET US jobless claims
Thursday, Feb. 1 – 9:45a ET US PMI manufacturing final
Thursday, Feb. 1 – 10a ET US ISM manufacturing
Thursday, Feb. 1 – 10a ET US construction spending
Thursday, Feb. 1 – 10:30a ET US EIA weekly natural gas inventories
Thursday, Feb. 1 – 16:30 ET US Fed weekly balance sheet
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Friday, Feb. 2 – US motor vehicle sales
Friday, Feb. 2 – 8:30a ET US Jan employment situation
Friday, Feb. 2 – 10a ET US Univ. of Michigan consumer sentiment
Friday, Feb. 2 – 10a ET US factory orders
Friday, Feb. 2 –13:00 ET US Baker Hughes Rig count
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Tuesday, Feb. 6 –12:00 ET Fed’s Mester speaks to Ohio Bankers League Summit
Livestream: Yes on the Cleveland Fed YouTube channel.
Thursday, Feb. 15 –19:00 ET Fed’s Bostic speaks at Money Marketeers in New York
Thursday, Feb. 22 –15:00 ET Fed’s Harker at Univ. of Delaware
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