Week inAdvance
Monday | Feb 17, 2020
Mon Feb 17 Stock and bond markets closed for Presidents’ Day national holiday. | Wed Feb 19 FOMC meeting minutes. | Thu Feb 20 CFTC meets on swaps data recordkeeping & reporting . | Fri Feb 21 Monetary policy forum in NYC. | Sat Feb 22 Saudi Arabia hosts G20 finance ministers, central bank governors .

All times are Eastern and subject to change.
please join us
Thursday, Feb 20
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
Wednesday, Feb 19
FEDERAL RESERVE
Fed releases FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) minutes of January 28-29 meeting, when rates were unanimously kept on hold. Central bank watchers will study the minutes, eager for details on policy makers’ dovish tweak of their statement describing their expectations for inflation.

Thursday, Feb 20
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Open meeting to consider :
  • Proposed rule: Amendments to the real-time public reporting requirements (Part 43)
  • Proposed rule: Amendments to the swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements (Part 45)
  • Reopening of comment period: Certain swap data repository and data reporting requirements (Part 49 verification)
on the hill
House and Senate in recess.
across the globe
Monday, Feb 17
BRUSSELS, Belgium
Euro-area finance ministers meet to take stock of the latest economic forecasts.

Thursday, Feb 20
BRUSSELS, Belgium
EU leaders hold a special emergency summit in Brussels to negotiate the bloc’s budget for the next seven years.

Thursday, Feb 20 -
Friday, Feb 21
BASEL, Switzerland
Bank for International Settlements policy implementation meeting: "Climate risk assessment in the financial sector – turning up the heat."

Thursday, Feb 20 -
Sunday, Feb 23
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia
G20 finance meetings. Thursday & Friday: f inance and central bank deputies meeting. Saturday: international taxation symposium. Saturday & Sunday: G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet.
other events
Friday, Feb 21
WASHINGTON DC
World Resources Institute, "Aligning Finance with the Paris Agreement: Lessons from Public and Private Banks."

Friday, Feb 21
NEW YORK CITY
The 2020 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, brings together academics, market economists, and policy makers.
220 x 128 px