Week inAdvance
Monday | Feb 14, 2022
Mon Feb 14 Valentine's Day. Hedge funds disclose their holdings with 13F filings. | Tue Feb 15 Chinese Lantern Festival marks end of the Lunar New Year celebrations. | Wed Feb 16 IOSCO sustainability roundtable. FOMC minutes. | Thu Feb 17 G20 finmins, central bank govs in Jakarta. UN Security Council Ukraine discussion. | Fri Feb 18 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum. Munich Security Conference. | Sat Feb 20 Closing ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.
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Wednesday, Feb 16
INVESTORS CMBS industry update
4 - 4:15 pm

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at the agencies
Monday, Feb 14
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
13F filings: hedge funds spent December unloading high-growth, high-valuation stocks. We’ll get more details on where they were buying and offloading.

Tuesday, Feb 15
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
The producer price index (PPI) is expected to rise 9.1%, below the 9.7% jump in December which was the fastest on record as inflation remains very hot. The 2022 inflation story will be back with another installment as India, China, Japan, the U.K. and Canada all report data in one form or another — consumer price index or producer price index figures. 

Wednesday, Feb 16
FEDERAL RESERVE
The Federal Open Market Commitee will release the minutes of last month’s monetary policy committee meeting, when it signaled that a hike will soon be appropriate and that the balance sheet reduction was set to start after liftoff begins.

Wednesday, Feb 16
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
U.S. retail sales for January. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect an increase after a slump in December as wages rise and virus cases fall.
on the hill
Tuesday, Feb 15
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures hearing to examine the economic impact of federal infrastructure investment.

Tuesday, Feb 15
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Hearing to examine the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets Report on Stablecoins. In the report, the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and other regulators urged lawmakers to let them police stablecoin issuers like banks with robust capital requirements and constant supervision.

Thursday, Feb 17
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Hearing: "The State of the American Economy: A Year of Unprecedented Economic Growth and Future Plans."

Thursday, Feb 17
SENATE BUDGET
Hearing: "Warrior Met and Wall Street Greed: What Corporate Raiders are Doing to Workers and Consumers."

Thursday, Feb 17
SENATE FINANCE
Hearing on spotlighting IRS customer service challenges.
across the globe
Monday, Feb 14 -
Thursday, Feb 17
STRASBOURG, France
European Parliament Plenary. On Monday, the 20th anniversary of the Euro and debate with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on work of the ECB in 2021.

Wednesday, Feb 16
MADRID, Spain (virtual)
IOSCO roundtable on audit and assurance of sustainability-related financial disclosures.

Wednesday, Feb 16
BRUSSELS, Belgium
NATO defense chiefs from the member nations are gathering.

Thursday, Feb 17
PARIS, France
OECD Forum Series 2022: Climate & Health. A debate on the issues needed to mitigate health risks linked to climate change and find long-term solutions to future challenges. 

Thursday, Feb 17
FRANKFURT, Germany
European Central Bank publishes its economic bulletin.

Thursday, Feb 17 -
Friday, Feb 18
JAKARTA, Indonesia
Group of 20 1st Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting. The gathering occurs amid a surge in bond yields as the prospect of tightening cycles across developed markets gains traction. Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said he expects discussions to address potential risks to global financial stability, including the rise of stablecoins.

Thursday, Feb 17 -
Friday, Feb 18
BRUSSELS, Belgium
6th EU-African Union Summit.

Friday, Feb 18 -
Sunday, Feb 20
MUNICH, Germany
Annual Munich Security Conference. Speakers include Kamala Harris, U.S. vice-president and German chancellor Olaf Scholz.
other events
Tuesday, Feb 15
WASHINGTON DC
The World Bank launches its annual World Development Report.

Thursday, Feb 17
NEW YORK CITY
Russia, as current head of the UN Security Council, is due to chair a discussion at the body’s global headquarters about the Ukraine crisis.

Friday, Feb 18
NEW YORK CITY
U.S. Monetary Policy Forum: speakers in the annual conference to discuss U.S. monetary policy include Fed officials Charles Evans, Christopher Waller and Lael Brainard. ECB Board Member Fabio Panetta joins the forum’s panel discussion on central-bank digital currencies.

Friday, Feb 18
Amazon raises the price of membership of its Prime service for new members.
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