Below is the outline for this week's events and speeches of importance relating to the Fed and its members.
Monday, April 17
Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer speech in New York at Columbia. The topic is "Monetary Policy Communication." –5:00pm Tuesday, April 18
Kansas City Fed President Esther George to speak at 26th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. –9:00am Wednesday, April 19
Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren is also speaking at the Minsky Conference at Bard College, N.Y. – 12:30pmThe Fed's Beige book will be released at 2:00pm here. Thursday, April 20
Fed Governor Jerome Powell is having a Q&A with European Commission VP Valdis Dombrovskis in Washington DC at the Global Finance Forum. The topic is "Capital Markets, Growth & the Economy of Tomorrow." –8:00amThe Philadelphia Fed's Business Outlook Survey, which looks at trends in the manufacturing industry, will be released at 8:30pmThe Fed's Balance Sheet update will be released at 4:30pm. Friday, April 21
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari will be talking about the health of the economy and "community development" at the Hamline University Community Economic Development Symposium in St. Paul, Minn. –9:30am