Week inAdvance
Monday | Sep 20, 2021
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Mon Sep 20 ARRC symposium. Basel Committee. Canada holds snap election. | Tue Sep 21 UN General Assembly opening day. | Wed Sep 22 September Equinox. U.S. rate decision. | Fri Sep 24 ‘Quad’ countries summit of leaders.
On Friday, President Joe Biden will host prime ministers Scott Morrison of Australia, Narendra Modi of India, and Yoshihide Suga of Japan at the White House for the inaugural Quad Leaders’ Summit.
Rate decisions galore: the FOMC, the BOE, the SNB, Riksbank and Norges Bank, plus central banks in Brazil, Turkey and Indonesia, all hold monetary policy meetings this week. Most of the attention will be focused on the U.K, where the BOE’s eight-member committee is tied four-all on whether the criteria has been met for tightening.
All times are Eastern and subject to change.
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Thursday, Oct 7
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, Sep 20
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
The Alternative Reference Rates Committee will hold the fifth in a series of events, The SOFR Symposium: The Final Year on September 20, 2021. The upcoming event builds on ARRC’s SOFR Symposium series by covering the transition away from LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) from the perspectives of the Securities and Exchange Commission and buy-side institutions.
Tuesday, Sep 21 -
Wednesday, Sep 22
FEDERAL RESERVE
The Federal Open Market Committee meets for two days and will issue a policy statement at 2 p.m. Washington time Wednesday. Updated quarterly economic and rate forecasts will be released at the same time. Fed Chair Jerome Powell will hold a press conference 30 minutes later. Fed-watchers will be listening for Jerome Powell and the FOMC’s plans to begin tapering the central bank’s bond-buying program. The FOMC will also release new quarterly projections for the economy and interest rates — which for the first time will include projections for 2024.
Friday, Sep 24
FEDERAL RESERVE
Friday, Sep 24
MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD
Free virtual compliance workshop, at which MSRB staff will address key provisions of MSRB Rule G-13 regarding the quotation obligations of dealers, including a dealer's obligation to use their best judgment of the fair market value of the security and application of the rule to throw-away bids. By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
- Understand the quotation obligations of dealers under MSRB rules,
- Understand the application of MSRB Rule G-13 to throw-away bids, and
- Assess related written supervisory procedures.
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Tuesday, Sep 21
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Hearing of the Task Force on Financial Technology on preserving the right of consumers to access personal financial data.
Tuesday, Sep 21
SENATE FINANCE
Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy virtual hearing on policy options for improving SSI (Supplemental Security Income).
Thursday, Sep 23
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy hearing titled “Lending in a Crisis: Reviewing the Federal Reserve’s Emergency Lending Powers During the Pandemic and Examining Proposals to Address Future Economic Crises.”
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Monday, Sep 20
BASEL, Switzerland
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision meets.
Monday, Sep 20
LONDON, U.K. (virtual)
Monday, Sep 20 -
Thursday, Sep 23
GENEVA, Switzerland
World Economic Forum's 2021 Sustainable Development Impact Summit. Taking place in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, the summit convenes under the theme 'Shaping an Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery'.
Monday, Sep 20 -
Friday, Sep 24
VIENNA, Austria
International Atomic Energy Agency’s 65th general conference. The UN’s nuclear watchdog recently said its surveillance of Iran’s atomic program is back on track.
Tuesday, Sep 21
PARIS, France
The OECD will update its forecasts for major global economies in its interim outlook.
Tuesday, Sep 21 -
Thursday, Sep 23
DUBAI, U.A.E.
The Gastech conference will bring together participants from the global gas, LNG, hydrogen and energy industries. Speakers include Iraq’s oil minister.
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Monday, Sep 20
Monday, Sep 27
NEW YORK CITY
Wednesday, Sep 22
September equinox (19:11 UTC/15:20 ET). The sun will shine directly on the equator, giving nearly equal amounts of day and night throughout the world. It’s the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
Wednesday, Sep 22
NEW YORK CITY (virtual)
Wednesday, Sep 22
NEW YORK CITY
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