DIARY-Top Economic Events to Aug. 18
On the 16th of June (according to Reuters) - The United States surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, June 15, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. As per the most recent count from Johns Hopkins University, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States has surpassed 2 million as of Monday the 15th of June. The milestone was reached as many states continued to ease restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. This benchmark was reached while numerous states continue to relax the measures implemented to slow down the transmission of the coronavirus outbreak. The total U.S. death toll from the virus is now over 115,000, the highest in the world. Presently, the total number of people in the U.S. who have died as a result of the virus has exceeded 115,000, which stands as the highest number of deaths by COVID-19 globally.
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Upcoming Economic Activities in Developing Countries The economies of developing countries are rapidly evolving due to globalization and increased access to resources. As a result, there are numerous economic events taking place in these emerging markets. In the upcoming months, there are several events to look out for. For example, in Brazil, there will be an auction for oil and gas exploration rights. This event is expected to attract investors from various parts of the world, and it has the potential to boost the Brazilian economy. Furthermore, there are also events taking place in other countries such as India, where there will be an auction for the sale of telecom spectrum. The focus of this auction is to increase competition among telecom companies and improve access to internet services across the country. Overall, these economic events are crucial as they offer opportunities for growth and development in emerging markets. Investors and businesses should keep an eye out for such events to take advantage of the opportunities available.
Here are some updates on what's happening in the world of politics and current events: - The government announced new measures to help small businesses struggling during the pandemic. They will be providing grants and loans to those who need it. - A major political figure made a controversial statement about immigration, sparking outrage among many. - In international news, tensions continue to rise between two countries over disputed territory. Diplomatic efforts are being made to ease the situation. - A new study was released today, highlighting the environmental impact of a certain industry. Experts are calling for action to be taken to reduce this impact. - Finally, a heartwarming story made headlines as a community came together to support a local family in need. It goes to show that even in difficult times, humanity can show its best side.
In the city of Washington, an entry is being added to this journal on a daily basis. Asterisks denote any fresh happenings. The date for today’s entry is Friday, June 16th.
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin will be discussing "The Inflation Story" at the "On the Frontlines of Transparency" conference held by the Maryland Government Finance Officer Association. The speech will take place at 1:00 PM GMT in Ocean City, Maryland.
The International Monetary Fund, Norges Bank, and the IMF Economic Review have come together to host a conference in Oslo. They're currently inviting authors to submit their papers on "The Future of Macroeconomic Policy". This event will take place in person on the final day.
The finance ministers of the Euro group are currently holding a meeting in Brussels, which marks the final day of discussions. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan is also holding a Monetary Policy Meeting in Tokyo, which is also its final day of convening.
In Frankfurt, there will be a cozy conversation between ECB President, Christine Lagarde, and attendees of the G30 dinner. This will be happening at 1710 GMT. Meanwhile, in Brussels, Belgian central bank's governor and member of the ECB Governing Council, Pierre Wunsch, will be presenting economic predictions for the Belgian economy at 0800 GMT.
Christopher Waller, a Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, will discuss "Financial Stability and Macroeconomic Policy" at the "The Future of Macroeconomic Policy" Conference, which is hosted jointly by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Norges Bank, and the IMF Economic Review at 1145 GMT.
LUXEMBOURG - The ECB's Vice-President, Luis de Guindos, was in attendance at the ECOFIN gathering held in Luxembourg.
James Bullard, the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, is delivering a presentation titled "Optimal Macroeconomic Policies in a Heterogeneous World" at the "The Future of Macroeconomic Policy" Conference organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Norges Bank. This event is scheduled to take place at 7:00 AM GMT.
The Bank of Japan is going to make a statement about their policies, and the governor, Kazuo Ueda, will have a press conference at 2:30 GMT.
London - Sarah Breeden, who holds the position of Executive Director for Financial Stability Strategy and Risk, and is also a member of the Financial Policy Committee at Bank of England, delivered a speech at Westminster Business Forum regarding ways to manage risks and strengthen stability in the UK pension markets at 8:05 AM Greenwich Mean Time. Meanwhile, European Union finance ministers convened in Brussels on Monday, June 19th.
On Monday at 0800 GMT, the economic information journalists association (APIE) held an economy conference that was opened by Nadia Calviño, Spain's economy minister, and Carlos Torres Vila, the chairman of BBVA.
In Madrid, Luis de Guindos, the Vice President of the European Central Bank, will present the VI Economic Journalism Award by KPMG at 6:00 PM.
Bank of England's CFO and Executive Director for Finance, Afua Kyei, will be joining a panel discussion on why diversity and representation are crucial for companies in the Financial Services Club webinar at 9:00 AM (GMT) today. Meanwhile, ECB's chief economist, Philip Lane, will be participating in a fireside chat in Madrid at 11:00 AM (GMT) on the occasion of the German Bernacer prize. ECB's board member, Isabel Schnabel, will be chairing a session at the "New challenges for the Economic and Monetary Union in the post-crisis environment" conference held by the Euro50 Group in Luxembourg at 11:40 AM (GMT). Additionally, ECB vice president, Luis de Guindos, will be presenting an award at an economic journalism ceremony in Madrid at 5:00 PM (GMT). Finally, the Riksbank executive board will be having a meeting in Stockholm today at 11:00 AM (GMT). These are the events to look out for on Tuesday, June 20th.
In Madrid, at 5 pm GMT, the Bank of Spain's governor, Pablo Hernández de Cos, and the vice-president of the European Central Bank, Luis de Guindos will be present at the German Bernacer award ceremony.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams recently spoke at a leadership conference called "Reflections on Culture." This conference was part of the 2023 Governance and Culture Reform Conference, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in New York City. Williams participated in this event at 1545 GMT.
There are several important speeches and briefings taking place across Europe today. Jonathan Hall, an external member of the Financial Policy Committee at the Bank of England, will be speaking on the topic of responsibility and leverage at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London. Meanwhile, Olli Rehn, the Governor of the Finnish central bank, will be giving a press briefing in Helsinki about the outlook for the Finnish economy. Andrea Enria, the Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, will be giving introductory remarks at a conference on Counterparty Credit Risk in Frankfurt. ECB bank supervisor Elizabeth McCaul will be giving a keynote speech on the future of globalization at an annual workshop organized by The Council for the United States and Italy in Milan. Finally, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos will be giving remarks in Madrid on the occasion of the awarding of the German Bernacer prize.
James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will be presenting on "Optimal Macroeconomic Policies in a Heterogeneous World" at the Barcelona School of Economics Summer Forum during the "Expectations in Dynamic Macroeconomic Models" Academic Workshop. The presentation is scheduled for 1030 GMT.
Erik Thedéen, who is the Governor of Riksbank, is scheduled to take part in a group discussion about how to monitor the financial market in light of past economic crises. The panel will also feature Jesper Berg, who has previously acted as the Director of the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority, and Morten Baltzersen, who is currently the Director General of Finanstilsynet in Norway. The moderator for the session will be Sindre Heyerdahl. The discussion is set to begin at 1340 GMT.
On Wednesday, June 21, there are a few important events in the finance world that will take place. Olli Rehn, who heads up the Bank of Finland, will give the media an update on how the economy is looking in his country at 0800 GMT. Later on in the day, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in the United States will release their June Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey at 1230 GMT. Finally, at 2350 GMT, the Bank of Japan will put out the Minutes of their Monetary Policy Meeting that occurred on April 27 and 28.
The Senate Banking Committee is having a hearing to discuss the nomination of three individuals for positions in the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Isabel Schnabel, a board member of the European Central Bank, will be speaking in Berlin. Austan Goolsbee, the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, is scheduled to take part in a Q&A session at the Wall Street Journal Global Food Forum. Loretta Mester, the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, will speak at the Policy Summit 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Bank of Canada will release its monetary policy discussions in advance of their upcoming rate decision. All of these events will take place on June 22, 2023.
Thomas Barkin, President of the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond, will be discussing the state of the economy at an upcoming event hosted by the Risk Management Association RVA Chapter. This talk is scheduled for 8:30 PM EST.
Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, will appear before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington D.C. at 1400 GMT. Meanwhile, Luis de Guindos, Vice President of the European Central Bank, is scheduled to speak in Santander at 1430 GMT.
In Frankfurt, ECB board member Fabio Panetta gave a speech at the annual conference for risk management in CCP. Meanwhile, in Cleveland, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester spoke at a conference about economic and policy outlooks. In Bern, there were two important events from the Swiss National Bank: the Financial Stability Report and a Monetary policy assessment with a news conference. In Norway, the Central Bank held a press conference for their Interest rate decision and Monetary Policy Report. In London, the Bank of England decided on interest rates and released the meeting minutes afterwards. Lastly, there was a General Council meeting for the ECB in Frankfurt. All of these events took place on June 23rd.
Pablo Hernandez de Cos, who is the governor of the Bank of Spain, is leading the final day of the Santander economy conference that is being hosted by the association of economic information journalists (APIE). This event is set to end at 1000 GMT.
Frank Elderson, a member of the ECB board, will be discussing climate concerns today at 4:00 pm GMT in Frankfurt.
Raphael Bostic, the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will engage in a discussion about important issues related to finance and business at the CFO Roundtable hosted by the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia at 12:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time.
Fabio Panetta, a member of the ECB board, will be taking part in a panel discussion about the future of cryptocurrencies at the 22nd BIS Annual Conference. The conference will mainly focus on central banks, macro-financial stability, and the future of the financial system. The event will take place in Basel at 12:45 pm GMT.
On Monday, James Bullard from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis gave a presentation titled "Optimal Macroeconomic Policies in a Heterogeneous World" at a conference hosted by the Central Bank of Ireland and the International Journal of Central Banking Research. Later on in Cleveland, Ohio, Loretta Mester from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland finished off a conference called "Policy Summit 2023: Communities Thriving in a Changing Economy" with her closing remarks. On Sunday, John Williams from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York spoke on a panel at the Andrew Crockett Memorial Lecture, which was organized by the Bank for International Settlements and not open to the public.
On June 27th at 2350 GMT, the Bank of Japan will publish a report summarizing the views of the members who participated in the policy meeting held on June 15th-16th.
On June 28th, there will be a forum called ECB Forum on Central Banking where structural changes in energy markets will be discussed by a panel that includes the Governor of Norges Bank, Ida Wolden Bache. The time this discussion will take place is 11:00 GMT and the location is Lisbon. Another panellist at this forum will be Deputy Governor Sharon Kozicki of the Bank of Canada who will speak at 9:30 GMT in Sintra, Portugal.
Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, has been invited to attend a policy panel at the European Central Bank Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal. The event will take place at 1330 GMT. Along with Powell, participating in the panel will be Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, ECB President Christine Lagarde, and BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda. The panel discussion will take place at 1230 GMT.
The Riksbank will be having a meeting about monetary policy on June 29th at 7am GMT in Stockholm.
In Tokyo, the finance ministers of Japan and South Korea have had a one-on-one meeting. The Swedish Central Bank has announced its decision on interest rates and will be publishing its monetary policy report in June 2023. The Federal Open Market Committee has released the minutes from its meeting held on June 13-14, 2023 from Washington, D.C. The Governing Council of the ECB is holding a non-monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany. On Monday, July 10, the Swedish Central Bank's Executive Board will be releasing the minutes from its monetary policy discussion. This report will be published at 0730 GMT on Wednesday, July 12.
The Federal Reserve, located in Washington D.C., will be releasing their report known as the Beige Book at 1800 GMT. Across the pond in London, the Bank of England will be publishing their Financial Stability Report at 0600 GMT. The Bank of Canada Governor, Tiff Macklem, and Senior Deputy Governor, Carolyn Rogers, will be holding a press conference at 1500 GMT in Ottawa to discuss the contents of the Report. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will be holding their Monetary Policy Review at 0200 GMT in Wellington. On the same day in Ottawa, the Bank of Canada will be announcing their key policy interest rate and Monetary Policy Report at 1400 GMT. On Tuesday, July 25th, the U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will begin their two-day meeting on interest rates, which lasts until the 26th. On Wednesday, July 26th, there are no reported events.
The Bank of Canada shared its recent monetary policy discussions prior to its decision on July 12. This information was announced at 1730 GMT. Later on, the U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced its decision on interest rates and released a statement at 1800 GMT. Jerome Powell, the Chairperson of the U.S. Federal Reserve, then held a press conference on Thursday, July 27 in Washington D.C. Meanwhile, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) met in Frankfurt and held a press conference at 1230 GMT in Berlin. Also in Frankfurt, the Bank of Japan held their monetary policy meeting which lasted until July 28 in Tokyo.
On Tuesday, August 1st, the Bank of Japan will publish their report on the Monetary Policy Meeting that took place on June 15th and 16th. The release will occur at 2350 GMT in Tokyo.
On Thursday, August 3, the Bank of England will make an announcement regarding their decision on the interest rate. They will also release the minutes from the meeting at 11:00 am (GMT) and publish the Monetary Policy Report at the same time. On Sunday, August 6, the Bank of Japan will release the summary of opinions from their board members on their policy meeting from July 27-28. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will make their Monetary Policy Statement on Wednesday, August 16 at 2:00 am (GMT). The Federal Open Market Committee will issue the minutes from their meeting on July 25-26, 2023 at 6:00 pm (GMT) in Washington D.C. Finally, on Thursday, August 17, the Norway Central Bank will announce their decision on the interest rate at 8:00 am (GMT) in Oslo.
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