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Week inAdvance
Monday | Mar 18, 2024
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Mon Mar 18 Summit for Democracy in Seoul. | Tue Mar 19 BOJ rate decision. | Wed Mar 20 Fed rate decision. International Day of Happiness. First day of spring. | Thu Mar 21 BOE rate decision. | Fri Mar 22 EU summit concludes. | Sat Mar 23 Purim (Jewish celebration). Earth Hour. | Sun Mar 24 Palm Sunday (Christian celebration). Holi (Hindu, Sikh religious festival).
Central bank events at the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, and the Bank of England. Also policy updates from several countries, including China, Australia, Switzerland, Indonesia, Norway, Turkey, Taiwan, Russia, Brazil, and Mexico.
All times are Eastern and subject to change.
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Thursday, Mar 14
INVESTORS market practices industry update
10:30 - 11 am ET
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Wednesday, Mar 20
FEDERAL RESERVE
Fed issues policy statement after two-day FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting. Fed Chair Jerome Powell will hold a news conference. The unexpected increase in US inflation last week cast doubt on the anticipated Fed rate cut, lowering it from 5.5% to 5.25%.
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Wednesday, Mar 20
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
Subcommittee on Capital Markets hearing: "SEC Overreach: Examining the Need for Reform."
Wednesday, Mar 20
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Hearing: "The President's Fiscal Year 2025 Social Security Administration Budget."
Thursday, Mar 21
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
Hearing: "Importing Global Governance: Examining the Dangers of Ceding Authority Over American Financial Regulation."
Thursday, Mar 21
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
"Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the Commissioner of Social Security, Martin O'Malley."
Thursday, Mar 21
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
"Hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget."
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Monday, Mar 18 -
Tuesday, Mar 19
BEIJING, China
Two days of key economic indicators kick off with retail sales covering the Lunar New Year period.
Monday, Mar 18 -
Wednesday, Mar 20
SEOUL, Korea
Third Summit for Democracy, with attendees to include US President Joe Biden (virtually) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after his two-day trip to Manila, Philippines to meet with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Tuesday, Mar 19
TOKYO, Japan
Bank of Japan rate decision. Interest is swirling over a potential end to the world’s last negative interest rate this month or next after Japanese workers succeeded in securing pay raises.
Tuesday, Mar 19 -
Thursday, Mar 21
MADRID, Spain
WFEClear, the World Federation of Exchanges' 2024 clearing and derivatives conference, with the theme "Higher Capital & Financial Resouce Requirement - Reducing or Increasing Risk?"
Wednesday, Mar 20
MADRID, Spain (hybrid)
CPMI-IOSCO (The Bank for International Settlements' Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, International Organization of Securities Commissions) meeting.
Wednesday, Mar 20
FRANKFURT, Germany
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde speaks at the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability conference The ECB and Its Watchers XXIV.
Thursday, Mar 21
LONDON, UK
Bank of England rate decision. The UK central bank is joining peers in inching toward a rate cut — but not yet.
Thursday, Mar 21 -
Friday, Mar 22
BRUSSELS, Belgium
At the European Union summit officials will discuss continued support for Ukraine, security and defense, and the unfolding situation in the Middle East.
Thursday, Mar 21 -
Saturday, Mar 23
LISBON, Portugal
Held on the 50th anniversary of Portuguese democracy, the Future Days: The Actionable Futures Festival will focus on "democratizing futures." The program will cover three main themes: post-urban lives in a large-scale ecosystem (infrastructure, mobility, and energy), equitable governance for tomorrow’s societies (governments, education, and healthcare) and pluricultural creations, and the AI era (food, design, and arts).
Saturday, Mar 23
Lights go off across every continent for Earth Hour, notably in Australia, where Sydney turns off parts of the lights of the Opera House. 8:30 - 9:30 pm ET.
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Monday, Mar 18 -
Friday, Mar 22
HOUSTON, Texas
CERAWeek 2024 energy conference.
Tuesday, Mar 19 -
Thursday, Mar 21
SAN FRANCISCO, California
North American Carbon World (NACW). CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam will keynote virtually on Wednesday.
Wednesday, Mar 20
The Vernal Equinox marks the first day of spring.
Wednesday, Mar 20
International Day of Happiness, a global digital campaign encouraging people to support UN humanitarian efforts, including the publication of the annual World Happiness Report, ranking countries by their contentedness levels.
Thursday, Mar 21
SILVER SPRING, Maryland
NOAA releases its US spring weather outlook/flood assessment.
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