Week inAdvance

Monday | Mar 20, 2023

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Mon Mar 20 First day of spring. Chinese state visit to Russia. | Tue Mar 21 BIS innovation summit. | Wed Mar 22 CFTC's tech panel's 1st meeting. FOMC rate decision. UN water conference. | Thu Mar 23 BOE rate decision. Swiss National Bank rate decision & press conference. UK CPI. | Fri Mar 24 Japan CPI. | Sat Mar 25 Earth Hour. | Sun Mar 26 European Daylight Saving Time begins.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.

Thursday, Apr 13

INVESTORS market practices industry update

10:30 - 11 am

Come when you can. Leave when you have to. Take your calls.

Wednesday, Mar 22

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Inaugural meeting of the Technology Advisory Committee. The TAC will discuss

• Cybersecurity and the cyber threat landscape for financial markets
• Complex issues in decentralized finance, or DeFi
• Responsible artificial intelligence (AI) and the emerging threat of AI-enabled cyber attacks

See the complete agenda here.

Wednesday, Mar 22

FEDERAL RESERVE

Federal Open Market Committee rate decision, news conference from Chair Jerome Powell.

Wednesday, Mar 22

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

The SEC will meet to consider

• Enhancing private fund reporting
• Electronic submission of certain materials under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and amendments regarding the FOCUS report

See the complete agenda here.

Wednesday, Mar 22

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to appear at Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing focused on 2024 budget.

Thursday, Mar 23

HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies to the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on Biden’s budget request and the economic outlook.

Thursday, Mar 23

HOUSE EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE

Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development hearing: "Breaking the System: Examining the Implications of Biden's Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers."

Thursday, Mar 23

HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS

Hearing: "The Biden Administration's 2023 Trade Policy Agenda" with United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Tai.

Thursday, Mar 23

SENATE FINANCE

Hearing: "The President’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda."

Monday, Mar 20

BRUSSELS, Belgium

EU foreign ministers, defense ministers meet.

Monday, Mar 20 -

Wednesday, Mar 22

MOSCOW, Russia

Chinese President Xi Jinping will reportedly hold a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Official confirmation is awaited.

Tuesday, Mar 21

BRUSSELS, Belgium

ECB supervisory chief appears before the European Parliament’s economic committee to discuss fallout from SVB’s collapse.

Tuesday, Mar 21 -

Wednesday, Mar 22

BASEL, Switzerlland (hybrid)

The BIS Innovation Hub invites you to the third edition of the BIS Innovation Summit, dedicated to Technological innovation in an age of uncertainty. Global policymakers, senior executives from the financial and tech industries, and academics discuss how innovation could help central banks and financial markets to navigate uncertain times and, at the same time, disrupt the landscape in which they operate. 

Tuesday, Mar 21 -

Thursday, Mar 23

UDAIPUR, India

G20 2nd Sustainable Finance Working Group Meeting.

Wednesday, Mar 22

FRANKFURT, Germany

The ECB and Its Watchers conference at the Goethe Institute. Participants include Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president.

Wednesday, Mar 22

VIRTUAL

PRI webinar: ESG data for sovereign bonds: the what, the why and the how.

Wednesday, Mar 22 -

Thursday, Mar 23

BASEL, Switzerland

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision meets.

Thursday, Mar 23

MADRID, Spain (virtual)

IOSCO's ISSB-GEMC Engagement Dialogue.

Thursday, Mar 23 -

Friday, Mar 24

BRUSSELS, Belgium

EU leaders meet for two-day summit.

Monday, Mar 20

The March equinox – aka the vernal equinox – marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

Tuesday, Mar 21

WASHINGTON DC

DC Blockchain Summit.

Wednesday, Mar 22 -

Friday, Mar 24

NEW YORK CITY

UN 2023 Water Conference co-hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands, the UN 2023 Water Conference will take place at the UN Headquarters in New York and include an opening and closing session, six plenaries, five interactive dialogues, and numerous side events organized by participants.

Saturday, Mar 25

The World Wide Fund for Nature’s Earth Hour circles the globe. Famous landmarks, skylines, businesses and homes will turn off their lights for one hour at 8:30 pm local time to highlight the impact of climate change.

Sunday, Mar 26

UNITED KINGDOM

European Daylight Saving Time – British Summer Time in the UK – begins with clocks moving forward by one hour.