Week inAdvance Monday | Jul 29, 2019

Mon Jul 29 SEC Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee. | Tue Jul 30 Lighthizer, Mnuchin in Shanghai for trade talks . | Wed Jul 31 FOMC rate decision.

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Wednesday, Aug 14 INVESTORS CMBS industry update 3 - 3:15 pm 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

Monday, Jul 29 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Open meeting of the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee. See the complete agenda here . Wednesday, Jul 31 FEDERAL RESERVE Federal Open Market Committee concludes its two-day meeting on monetary policy. Rate decision at 2 pm EDT. Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds a news conference at 2:30 pm EDT . Investors expect a quarter-point rate cut as a buffer against trade uncertainties and weaker global growth.

on the hill

House on recess until September 9th. Tuesday, Jul 30 SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS Hearing on digital currencies and blockchain. Tuesday, Jul 30 SENATE FINANCE Hearing on the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

across the globe

Monday, Jul 29 - Saturday, Aug 3 BANGKOK, Thailand Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers meet. The ASEAN Plus Three includes China, Japan, South Korea; the East Asia Summit will be China, Australia, New Zealand, Russia and the US; and the ASEAN Regional Forum includes North Korea, Canada and others. US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will participate. Tuesday, Jul 30 - Wednesday, Jul 31 SHANGHAI, China US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and his team meet their Chinese counterparts, the first face-to-face trade meeting between the world’s two biggest economies since May. Vice Premier Liu He is expected to lead the talks for China. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan will also participate.

other events

Wednesday, Jul 31 WASHINGTON DC CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) conference on whether US sanctions work. Participants include Sigal Mandelker, the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence; and Christopher Krebs, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks will discuss the federal government’s role in 5G.