The House will take up a “mini-bus” appropriations bill on Thursday this week; it is a combination of the FY 2021 appropriations bills for the Department of State & Foreign Operations, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Interior & Environment, Agriculture, and FDA spending blueprints. They are five of the 12 regular appropriations bills. The package as proposed will probably pass as is on a party line basis. House Republicans are generally set to oppose the spending plan because it provides funding well above the current negotiated budget agreement and it includes several controversial policy provisions, some not related to the underlying bills. The Senate this week will take up an additional coronavi...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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