Upcoming Political & Economic News/Events You Need to Know - Sun. Aug 7, 2022
Upcoming Political & Economic News/Events You Need to Know - Sun. Aug 7, 2022
Uniic Media's Weekly Brief
Political News to Start the Week
Senate Democrats working through the Weekend to Pass a Massive $430 Billion Piece of Legislation
Political News
Attempts to amend the $430 Billion piece of legislation for President Biden’s BBB agenda have been blocked by the United States Senate today. The legislation contains the proposed controlling of climate change, cutting the price for prescription drugs, as well as seeks to tighten enforcement on tax payments from corporations and the wealthy.
Working through the weekend, Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader, said, "The time is now to move forward with a big, bold package for the American people.”
Khaled Mansour, a senior Islamic Jihad Commander, has been Killed in an Israeli Airstrike
World News
A senior Islamic Jihad commander has been killed in a crowded Gaza refugee camp, according to Israel. This is the second attack that has been targeted as such since the launching of the offensive against the Islamic Jihad group. The Iran-backed military group has been launching multiple rockets at Israel in response.
Hamas, Gaza’s ruling group, has stayed on the sidelines for now due to possible fears of undoing economic understandings with Israel.
Khaled Mansour, the Islamic Jihad commander, was killed in an apartment building at the Rafah refugee camp.
Ron DeSantis wants to “Warn Out-of-State” Drivers coming to Florida with a new License Plate
Political News
Out-of-state cars will now need to receive a “clear message” of “no-treading-allowed” in the state of Florida.
“The free state of Florida has a new license plate for pre-order that benefits the Florida Veterans Foundation and sends a clear message to out-of-state cars, ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ or Florida,” DeSantis tweeted.
It seems that multiple tourists have been skipping out on the beaches and Florida and have instead been treading on the state…
Economic News to Start the Week
Monday:
New York Fed 3-Year Inflation expectations - 11:00 am
Tuesday:
Productivity - 8:30 am
Unit Labor Cost - 8:30 am
Wednesday:
Consumer Price Index - 8:30 am
Core CPI - 8:30 am
CPI (Y/Y) - 8:30 am
Core CPI (Y/Y) - 8:30 am
Fed Budget - 2:00 pm
Thursday:
Initial Jobless Claims - 8:30 am
Continuing Jobless Claims - 8:30 am
Producer Price Index - 8:30 am
Friday:
Import Price Index - 8:30 am