Week inAdvance

Monday | Apr 15, 2024

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Mon Apr 15 IMF-World Bank spring meetings begin. Tax day in the US. Boston Marathon. | Tue Apr 16 Olympic flame lit in Greece before heading to Paris. | Wed Apr 17 MSRB board meeting. Fed's 'Beige Book'. G20 finance ministers and central bankers meet in DC. G7 foreign ministers meet in Italy. EU heads of state hold special summit. | Fri Apr 19 Parliamentary elections begin in India. | Sun Apr 21 London marathon.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.

Wednesday, Apr 17

INVESTORS CMBS industry update

4 - 4:15 pm ET

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Monday, Apr 15

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

Federal income taxes are due in the US.

Tuesday, Apr 16

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

The SEC’s 43rd Annual Small Business Forum, hosted by the SEC's Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation.

Wednesday, Apr 17

FEDERAL RESERVE

Fed issues Beige Book survey of regional economic conditions.

Wednesday, Apr 17 -

Thursday, Apr 18

MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD

MSRB board of directors will hold its third quarterly meeting for fiscal year 2024 to advance its FY 2022-2025 Strategic Plan. The Board will discuss regulatory matters and receive updates on several ongoing market regulation initiatives. See the complete agenda here.

Tuesday, Apr 16

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Hearing: "The Biden Administration's 2024 Trade Policy Agenda with United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai."

Tuesday, Apr 16

HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions hearing: "Held for Ransom: How Ransomware Endangers Our Financial System."

Tuesday, Apr 16

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

"Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset."

Tuesday, Apr 16

SENATE BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development hearing: "Challenges in Preserving the US Housing Stock."

Tuesday, Apr 16

SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

Hearing: "The President’s Fiscal Year 2025 IRS Budget and the IRS 2024 Filing Season."

Wednesday, Apr 17

SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

Hearing: "The President’s 2024 Trade Policy Agenda."

Thursday, Apr 18

SENATE BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

Hearing: "Oversight of Federal Housing Regulators."

Monday, Apr 15

TOKYO, Japan

Bank of Japan, International Monetary Fund conference: Gender Diversity in the Workplace as a Key to Economic Growth.

Tuesday, Apr 16 -

Thursday, Apr 18

TOKYO, Japan

ISDA's 38th Annual General Meeting. Participants include US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam, who will discuss regulatory priorities.

Wednesday, Apr 17 -

Thursday, Apr 18

MADRID, Spain

IOSCO's TASMEC (Technology Applied to Securities Markets Enforcement Conferences) gathers data analysts and end-user specialists from securities regulators worldwide to share the most innovative tools in data analytics for detecting and preventing financial crimes. 

Wednesday, Apr 17

BRUSSELS, Belgium

EU leaders have a special summit with a focus on industry and competitiveness.

Wednesday, Apr 17 -

Friday, Apr 19

CAPRI, Italy

G7 foreign ministers meet to discuss improving EU competitiveness and deeper integration of bloc's single market.

Friday, Apr 19

INDIA

India’s 44-day parliamentary election process begins with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a third term. Some 968 million people are eligible to vote.

Monday, Apr 15

WASHINGTON DC

The International Monetary Fund and the International Organization of Securities Commissions will host a first joint conference during the Annual Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank to leverage the IMF and IOSCO’s financial stability and capital markets expertise to discuss:

• Improving the resilience of funding markets
• The rising significance of private funds
• Evolving interactions between central banks and securities market regulators

Tuesday, Apr 16

WASHINGTON DC

International Monetary Fund publishes its latest world economic outlook and holds a news briefing.

Wednesday, Apr 17

WASHINGTON DC

At the IIF Global Outlook Forum — held alongside the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings — policymakers, regulators, and global financial firms will explore the shifting global geopolitical and economic landscape, with a special focus on emerging markets. Participants include Fed Governor Michelle Bowman, ECB Governing Council member Pablo Hernandez de Cos, ECB Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone, and BOE Governor Andrew Bailey.

Wednesday, Apr 17 -

Thursday, Apr 18

WASHINGTON DC

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet.

Wednesday, Apr 17

Thursday, Apr 18

WASHINGTON DC

Semafor World Economy Summit, a gathering of influential world leaders for on-the-record conversations on the state of the global economic landscape. Participants include Wally Adeyemo (US Deputy Secretary of Treasury), Lael Brainard (director of the White House National Economic Council), Pete Buttigieg (US Secretary of Transportation), Henry M. Paulson, Jr. (former US Secretary of the Treasury), Gina Raimondo (US Secretary of Commerce), Julie Su (acting US Secretary of Labor), and John Williams (President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York).

Wednesday, Apr 17 -

Friday, Apr 19

WASHINGTON DC

International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings 2024 begin on Monday, but the main ministerial meetings will be held Wednesday through Friday.

Wednesday, Apr 17 -

Saturday, Apr 20

WASHINGTON DC

An economic festival organized by the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee.

Thursday, Apr 18

NEW YORK CITY (virtual)

SIFMA Basel III Endgame Roundtable Part II: Reflections on the US Proposal, its Impacts on the Capital Markets and US Economy, and the Likely Road Ahead.