Week inAdvance Monday | Apr 27, 2020

Mon Apr 27 Joint BIS, BoE, ECB and IMF conference in Frankfurt . | Tue Apr 28 FOMC meetings begin. | Wed Apr 29 Fed's rate decision. | Fri May 1 May Day is a public holiday in much of the world. All times are Eastern and subject to change.

please join us

Wednesday, Apr 29 TELECON ARRC External Systems/Platforms Subgroup Call (Subgroup of the Operations/Infrastructure Working Group) 12 - 1 pm This telecon occurs every 2 weeks on Wednesday effective 1/15/2020 until 7/1/2020 from noon to 1 pm. The Association of Institutional Investors is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Alternative Reference Rates Committee Libor Working Groups. Any of our members who would like to participate are welcome.

save the date

Wednesday, May 13 INVESTORS CMBS industry update 3 - 3:15 pm Thursday, May 14 INVESTORS market practices industry update 11:30 am - noon Come when you can. Leave when you have to. Take your calls. for more info: Matthew Jones, executive director mjones@association.institutionalINVESTORS.org (202) 712-9050

at the agencies

Tuesday, Apr 28 - Wednesday, Apr 29 FEDERAL RESERVE Fed officials hold their  policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee meeting in an environment of soaring unemployment and economic crisis. FOMC rate decision on Wednesday at 2 pm. Fed chair holds news conference at 2:30 pm. Rates are unlikely to change this time, and there is nothing to suggest there will be forecasts at this meeting.

on the hill

No hearings of note.

across the globe

Monday, Apr 27 Tuesday, Apr 28 FRANKFURT, Germany Joint BIS, BoE, ECB and IMF (Bank for International Settlements, Bank of England, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund) conference on " Spillovers in a 'low-for-long' world ." Monday, Apr 27 - Wednesday, Apr 29 BEIJING, China The Standing Committee of China’s parliament, the  National People’s Congress , continues its meeting. The legislature’s thousands-strong annual gathering was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

other events

Friday, May 1 Labor Day/May Day is  celebrated  in most of Europe, Mexico, China, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, parts of South and Central America, and parts of the Caribbean, including Cuba.