Week inAdvance
Monday | Aug 30, 2021
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Mon Aug 30 Markets closed in London due to the U.K.’s Summer Bank Holiday. | Tue Aug 31 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. | Wed Sep 1 FSB virtual financial stability workshop. Homeland Security Committee cyber hearing. OPEC+ meeting on output. | Thu Sep 2 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. | Fri Sep 3 European House-Ambrosetti forum in Italy. U.S. unemployment rate.
All times are Eastern and subject to change.
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Thursday, Sep 9
INVESTORS market practices industry update
10:30 - 11 am
Come when you can. Leave when you have to. Take your calls.
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Monday, Aug 30 -
Tuesday, Aug 31
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
The CDC will meet for two days with a group of outside advisers to review Covid booster shots.
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Wednesday, Sep 1
HOMELAND SECURITY
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation virtual hearing on stakeholder perspectives on the cyber incident reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021.
House and Senate not in session.
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Wednesday, Sep 1
BASEL, Switzerland
The Financial Stability Board will host virtual workshop on the lessons for financial stability from the Covid-19 pandemic. The workshop will cover market and institutional resilience, operational and cyber resilience, and crisis management preparedness. The aim of the workshop is to provide an informal forum for stakeholders to exchange views on the issues discussed in the FSB’s interim lessons learned report. The report identifies preliminary lessons from the Covid-19 experience and aspects of the functioning of the G20 financial reforms that may warrant attention at the international level. Stakeholder feedback will help inform the FSB’s final report, which will be published ahead of the G20 Summit in October 2021. Register here.
Monday, Aug 30 -
Friday, Sep 3
ALPBACH, Austria
European Forum Alpbach brings together young people, leading scholars, thinkers, scientists, policy makers, business people, and civil society actors from Europe and from all over the world to engage and contribute to its mission of shaping a stronger Europe.
Wednesday, Sep 1
VIENNA, Austria
OPEC+ meeting: OPEC has brought oil supplies back to the market in response to growing demand. However, the spread of the delta variant jeopardizes consumption, and the cartel may pause its next planned production increase.
Wednesday, Sep 1 -
Thursday, Sep 2
HONG KONG
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam hosts the city’s online Belt & Road Summit opening session on Wednesday. World Economic Forum Executive Chair Klaus Schwab delivers the keynote address. Panelists include Asia-Pacific government ministers and officials.
Thursday, Sep 2 -
Saturday, Sep 4
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia
Eastern Economic Forum. The forum was established by Vladimir Putin to aid the economic development of Russia’s Far East and to expand international cooperation within the APAC region.
Friday, Sep 3 -
Sunday, Sep 5
CERNOBBIO, Italy
The European House-Ambrosetti annual forum – held each year since 1975 to share intelligence on the World, Europe, and Italy – brings together an array of speakers of the highest level from the world of politics, academia, government and business, from across the globe. Speakers this year include Mark Carney, Anthony Fauci, Minouche Shafik, Paolo Gentiloni, Nouriel Roubini, and Joseph Stiglitz.
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Tuesday, Aug 31
WASHINGTON DC.
The Center for Strategic & International Studies holds an event, “A Mission to Mars: A Conversation with Her Excellency Sarah Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology.”
Friday, Sep 3
The August U.S. jobs report will offer insight about the pace of U.S. job growth. Economists are expecting a deceleration from the rapid employment gain in the prior month, but forecast a still-solid gain to push the unemployment rate lower.
Friday, Sep 3
Walt Disney Co. releases “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” exclusively in theaters. Shang-Chi is a kung fu master, and in this latest installment in the Marvel series, he has a lot of battles to fight.
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