Weather clear and cool at the first inaugural ceremony
From the Marketplace Datebook, here’s a look at what’s coming up Wednesday, April 30, 2014:
- In Washington, a House Financial Services subcommittee examines how technology can promote consumer financial literacy and a House Subcommittee on Aviation holds a hearing on “Air Service to Small and Rural Communities.”
- The Commerce Department releases its first estimate for Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter.
- Students from around the country are gathered in the nation’s Capital to compete in the Poetry Out Loud National Finals.
- And 225 years ago George Washington was sworn in as the nation’s first President on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York.
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