Combining campaign promises with executive orders of questionable legality, President Trump Saturday said he is deferring payroll tax collections through the end of the year for pay of $100,00 or less and if re-elected, will “terminate” the tax. In his second televised appearance at his Bedminster golf resort within 24 hours, Trump signed four executive orders […]
The following is Friday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes from Mace News: A long week about over and in an evening news conference the president of the United States says, “We’re having it out. We’re finally having it out.” He was talking about the Democrats, […]
The following is Thursday’s status check of developments in the US that can influence economic, health and political outcomes from Mace News: Now at the top of the agenda, the negotiations that went another three hours, breaking up at a late hour in House Speaker Pelosi’s office on that legislation restoring some kind of enhanced […]
As US Congress debates the fate of the extended jobless claims program, initial claims fell by 249,000 in the August 1 week to a level of 1.186 million, well below the 1.442 million level expected and the lowest weekly level since the start of COVID-19. The enhanced Federal unemployment payments of $600 per week ended […]
The following is Wednesday’s status check of developments in the US that can influence economic, health and political outcomes, compiled by Mace News: Another day in that indeterminate area between slowdown and rebound, between the alternate universes with President Trump in his evening briefing in his world, the one in which the virus is being […]
The following is Tuesday’s status check from Mace News of developments in the US that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: The general public, the markets, social service providers, food pantries and shelter providers were left reading between the lines Tuesday as they tried to decode the scant signals being sprinkled like bread crumbs […]
The following is Monday’s status check of developments in the US that can influence economic, health and political outcomes, collated by Mace News: Phase 4 or otherwise known as the next coronavirus relief legislation is slowly – very slowly – coming together on Capitol Hill, with two and a half hours of talks Monday ending […]
Chicago Federal Reserve president Charles Evans, hosting a virtual roundtable for news media, said that while the second-quarter gross domestic product was the worst on record, declining at an annualised rate of 32.9 percent, with about 18 million unemployed workers, some improvement was seen in May and June as many states eased their lockdown restrictions. […]
The following is Friday’s status check of developments in the US that can influence economic, health and political outcomes from Mace News:: Hours of testimony by the nation’s pandemic experts before the House virus oversight committee Friday should have updated the nation with a factual treasure trove of information but instead was mostly a politicised […]
The coming week’s July data will be scrutinised for any early effects of the COVID-19 resurgence, with the highlight of the week being Friday’s monthly employment report. The combined 7.5 million payrolls gain in May and June only began to scratch the surface of offsetting the 22.2 million total decline seen in the first two […]
