

“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...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
“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...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
“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...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
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....
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
“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...
Letter from Washington