Week inAdvance

Monday | Apr 1, 2024

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Mon Apr 1 Easter Monday. Market holidays in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the UK, and much of Europe. Daylight savings time has begun in the UK and much of Europe, with clocks going forward one hour. | Tue Apr 2 Reserve Bank of Australia publishes minutes of March policy meeting. Chile’s central bank meets on interest rates. | Wed Apr 3 NATO’s 75th Anniversary. OPEC+ meeting. Poland’s central bank meets on interest rates. | Thu Apr 4 OECD plenary and NATO meetings conclude. | Fri Apr 5 US employment report. Italy’s Ambrosetti Forum. Reserve Bank of India interest rate decision. Deadline for Apple to comply with the EU's recent order to strike abusive clauses in its contracts with App Store developers. | Sat Apr 6 Start of the new tax year in the UK. | Sun Apr 7 Daylight Saving Time ends in Australia.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.

Thursday, Apr 11

INVESTORS market practices industry update

10:30 - 11 am ET

Come when you can. Leave when you have to. Take your calls.

Wednesday, Apr 3

FEDERAL RESERVE

Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks at Stanford’s business, government, and society forum.

Friday, Apr 5

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

US March employment report comes after the February jobless rate climbed to a two-year high. Early forecasts call for a gain of 200,000 jobs following February’s advance of 275,000.

House & Senate out of session.

Monday, Apr 1 -

Wednesday, Apr 3

BRASILIA, Brazil

G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group meeting.

Tuesday, Apr 2

VILNIUS, Lithuania

European Union leaders discuss bloc’s strategic agenda at a dinner.

Tuesday, Apr 2

VIRTUAL

UN/PRI webinar on Stewarding asset owners’ climate needs: Implementing NZAOA guidance, Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance guidance on proxy voting, engagement, and lobbying. The alliance recently published a Call to Action for the asset manager community on integrating systemic climate stewardship principles.

Wednesday, Apr 3

BRUSSELS, Belgium

Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Europe fit for the Digital Age, speaks to the European Parliament panel on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act.

Wednesday, Apr 3

VIENNA, Austria (virtual)

Joint OPEC/non-OPEC Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) meeting to review current oil production output policy.

Wednesday, Apr 3 -

Thursday, Apr 4

PARIS, France

2024 Plenary Meeting of the OECD Global Parliamentary Network.

Wednesday, Apr 3 -

Thursday, Apr 4

BRUSSELS, Belgium

NATO foreign ministers meet to mark the 75th anniversary of the alliance. The NATO-Ukraine Council also meets.

Thursday, Apr 4

FRANKFURT, Germany

European Central Bank publishes account of March rate decision.

Thursday, Apr 4 -

Friday, Apr 5

BRASILIA, Brazil

G20 Global Mobilization Against Climate Change Task Force meeting.

Friday, Apr 5

LEUVEN, Belgium

EU-US Trade and Technology Council meets. Attendees are set to include US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Friday, Apr 5 -

Saturday, Apr 6

CERNOBBIO, Italy

Italy's 35th Ambrosetti Forum: "The Outlook for the Economy and Finance" at the Villa d'Este will examine and explain economic and financial scenarios — the current situation, new trends and prospects for the future, both conjunctural and structural, and potential areas of crisis — in Italy, Europe, and the world.