Week inAdvance
Monday | Jun 14, 2021
Mon Jun 14 NATO summit in Brussels. | Tue Jun 15 EU-U.S. summit in Brussels. | Wed Jun 16 FOMC rate decision. Biden & Putin meet in Geneva, without a lot of nice things to say about each other’s policies. | Thu Jun 17 Janet Yellen testifies on budget before house panel. | Fri Jun 18 EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meets in Luxembourg.

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Wednesday, Jun 16
INVESTORS CMBS industry update
4 - 4:15 pm

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at the agencies
Wednesday, Jun 16
FEDERAL RESERVE
Federal Open Market Committee meets to set U.S. monetary policy. Fed officials will publish updated projections for interest rates, employment, and inflation for the first time since March. Fed Chair Jerome Powell will face questions about when policy makers will begin tapering their bond-buying program.

Thursday, Jun 17
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
The third in a series of webinars on Banking on Data: Great Possibilities, Great Responsibilities will explore the ethics of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Topics include policy and consumer impact perspectives on explainability, ethics, expectations vs. reality, and bias. See the agenda here.

Thursday, Jun 17
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
The SEC is expected to deliver its Bitcoin decision, as applications pile up. The SEC will approve, disapprove, or decide to further investigate.
on the hill
Tuesday, Jun 15
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Task Force on Financial Technology meets on "Digitizing the Dollar: Investigating the Technological Infrastructure, Privacy, and Financial Inclusion Implications of Central Bank Digital Currencies."

Tuesday, Jun 15
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
Subcommittee on Social Security hearing on "Equity in Social Security: In Their Own Words."

Tuesday, Jun 15
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS

Wednesday, Jun 16
SENATE FINANCE
Hearing on the fiscal year 2022 budget.

Thursday, Jun 17
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
Hearing on the fiscal year 2022 budget with testimony from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

Thursday, Jun 17
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to testify about the administration's proposed 2022 federal budget.
across the globe
Monday, Jun 14
BRUSSELS, Belgium
NATO Summit held in Brussels for discussions on Russian aggression, cyber attacks, the security impact of climate change, and the rise of China. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Biden amid Ankara’s increasingly assertive foreign policy.

Monday, Jun 14 -
Tuesday, Jun 15
FRANKFURT, Germany (virtual)
CEPR/EBRD/ECB Symposium on Climate change, finance and green growth.

Tuesday, Jun 15
BRUSSELS, Belgium
EU-U.S. summit is held in Brussels, with President Joe Biden attending. The EU is keen to reset relations with the U.S., which soured during the previous administration.

Tuesday, Jun 15 -
Thursday, Jun 17
PARIS, France
OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct will explore how policy makers, business leaders, activists, and citizens can integrate responsible business thinking into policies, action, and ownership to bring remedy to people, meet the Sustainable Development Goals, and tackle climate change.

Wednesday, Jun 16
GENEVA, Switzerland
President Joe Biden will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva — their first in-person session since Biden took office. Relations are poor between the nations, with Russian cyber attacks and U.S. sanctions among the sore spots.

Thursday, Jun 17
ROME, Italy
2021 IIF G20 Conference: The G20 Agenda Under the Italian Presidency.

Friday, Jun 18
LUXEMBOURG
EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meets to discuss topics such as VAT rates, strengthening the banking union, and markets in crypto-assets.
other events
Wednesday, Jun 16 -
Saturday, Jun 19
PARIS, France
VivaTech Paris virtual event. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are among the speakers.
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