Week inAdvance

Monday | Jan 27, 2025

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Mon Jan 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture opens. | Tue Jan 28 Doomsday Clock reveal. China's national holiday, the Spring Festival, runs until Feb 4. | Wed Jan 29 US rate decision. Lunar New Year begins. | Thu Jan 30 US GDP. Eurozone ECB rate decision. | Fri Jan 31 ECB to release inflation data. | Sun Feb 2 Groundhog Day. The 2025 GRAMMYs.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.

Thursday, Feb 13

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Tuesday, Jan 28

FEDERAL RESERVE

Federal Open Market Committee begins a two-day policy meeting.

Wednesday, Jan 29

FEDERAL RESERVE

Fed rate decision followed by a news conference by Chair Jerome Powell. Traders expect the central bank to leave the benchmark rate unchanged at 4.25% to 4.5% following cuts at the three prior meetings.

Wednesday, Jan 29 -

Thursday, Jan 30

MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD

The MSRB Board of Directors will hold the second quarterly meeting of fiscal year 2025. Topics will include market regulation, market structure, and market transparency. See the complete agenda here.

Thursday, Jan 30

BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Initial reading of US fourth-quarter GDP; economists anticipate a 2.6% annual growth rate vs the third quarter’s 3.1% pace.

Wednesday, Jan 29

US SENATE

Confirmation hearings for Howard Lutnick, the Cantor Fitzgerald CEO nominated for commerce secretary; and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Monday, Jan 27

BRUSSELS, Belgium

EU foreign ministers meet at a time of high uncertainty about Ukraine.

Monday, Jan 27

BUDAPEST, Hungary

Central banking conference. ECB President Christine Lagarde will speak. Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban will give a keynote address.

Wednesday, Jan 29

ASIA

Lunar New Year holiday, with observances and market closures of varying lengths.

Wednesday, Jan 29

TOKYO, Japan

Bank of Japan issues minutes of December policy meeting.

Wednesday, Jan 29

WARSAW, Poland

European Capital Markets Forum with Polish finance minister, other officials.

Thursday, Jan 30

FRANKFURT, Germany

ECB rate decision followed by news conference by President Christine Lagarde. The bank is seen lowering its deposit rate to 2.75% from 3%, which would be the fourth straight cut.

Friday, Jan 31

FRANKFURT, Germany

ECB is scheduled to release a survey of professional forecasters and data on inflation expectations.

Tuesday, Jan 28

UNITED STATES

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will reveal the 2025 Doomsday Clock time. In 2024, the clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight — the closest it has ever been in its nearly 80-year history.