Former US President Trump is at his Mar-a-Lago resort Wednesday evening.

This was widely expected. Trump still has a broad swathe of popular support and an enormous amount of influence over his Republican Party, although the poor performance in the mid-term elections has diminished it a little. While the Republicans have taken the majority in the House it is by a much slimmer margin than was expected. The Dems still hold the Senate, against expectations of a Republican majority.

Much of the chatter surrounding Trump wanting to run again is that he believes an indictment is coming and he’ll be in a better position to fight that if he’s a presidential candidate. Plenty of folks dispute this.

1400 GMT brings Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker

• speaks on the economic outlook before the Global Interdependence Center 40th Annual Monetary & Trade Conference and Global Citizen Award Ceremony

1400 GMT also brings Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook

• participates in virtual discussion, “Post-Covid Challenges for Women and Underrepresented Groups” before the Diversity and Inclusion in Economics, Finance, and Central Banking Conference

1500 GMT Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr

• testifies on “Oversight of Financial Regulators: A Strong Banking and Credit Union System for Main Street” before the Senate Banking Committee, in Washington
• Barr spoke earlier today: Fed’s Barr says inflation is far too high

It looks like Harker is more likely to express views on his economic and policy outlook given the venues and topics for these speeches.