“Five Things to Watch in the January Jobs Report.” This morning’s Wall Street Journal article led with: The U.S. government releases its broad measure of the January labor market [at 8:30 AM EST] on Friday. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expect the Labor Department to report employers added 170,000 jobs during the month […]
“U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Venezuela’s Oil Industry.” Last night’s Wall Street Journal article led with: The U.S. imposed sanctions (Treasury’s press release) on Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant in a dramatic move designed to empower the opposition and cripple the government of President Nicolás Maduro by preventing the proceeds of U.S. crude sales returning to Caracas. […]
“China Sends Vice Ministers to Washington to Pave Way for U.S. Talks.” This morning’s Bloomberg report leads with: A Chinese delegation including deputy ministers will arrive in Washington on Monday to prepare for high-level trade talks led by Vice Premier Liu He, according to people briefed on the matter. Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen and […]
President Trump’s schedule (EST): No public events are scheduled. President Trump will delay his State of the Union speech until after the shutdown per this Tweet and that Tweet late last night. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin will speak at 2 PM to the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in D.C. Watch it live on C-SPAN3. Two […]
“U.S. turns down China offer of preparatory trade talks.” Yesterday, the Financial Times reported: The Trump administration rejected an offer by two Chinese vice-ministers to travel to the U.S. this week for preparatory trade talks because of a lack of progress on two key issues, highlighting the difficulty that Washington and Beijing will face in […]
President Trump’s schedule (EST): 12:00 PM: Daily intelligence briefing; and 12:30 PM: Lunch with Vice President Pence. The Senate will return a 1 PM EST today to “resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1, Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019.” Later this week, Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) plans to […]
“Trump team weighs surprise tariff cut in hopes of securing China trade deal.” Last night’s Washington Post article led with: The Trump administration is considering eliminating tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese imports to spur progress toward a trade deal, less than two weeks before a high-level delegation from Beijing is scheduled to arrive […]
President Trump’s schedule (EST): 11:30 AM: Meets with the House Problem Solvers Caucus; 1:00 PM: Has lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; and 2:15 PM: Signs S.24, the “Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019,” requiring retroactive compensation for furloughed and other unpaid federal workers. Russia sanctions resolution test vote fell 2 short of […]
President Trump’s schedule (EST): 2:30 PM: Hosts a roundtable discussion on border security and safe communities with state, local and community leaders at the White House. The House will pass an Interior-Environment appropriation, H.R.266, and the Senate’s federal pay restoration bill, S.24, before leaving town early this afternoon. The Senate remains paralyzed as Democrats block any […]
12:45 PM Fed Chair Jerome Powell will address the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Watch it live here. 7:00 PM Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida will address the Money Marketeers of New York University on the “Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy.” President Trump’s schedule (EST): 9:15 AM: Departs the White House; 1:45 PM: Arrives […]
