Week inAdvance
Monday | Apr 4, 2022
Mon Apr 4 NATO's 73rd anniversary. | Tue Apr 5 Senate Banking insider trading hearing. | Wed Apr 6 Equity-based swaps trades on SEC's agenda. | Thu Apr 7 UN food price index. World Health Day. | Fri Apr 8 FSOC executive session. Sun Apr 10 | First round of voting in the French presidential election.

The Federal Reserve releases minutes from its March policy meeting Wednesday. Fed Chair Jerome Powell has indicated that it’ll include details on the discussion over the central bank’s balance-sheet reduction plan.

The United Nations’ food-price index, due Thursday, could reach a second consecutive all-time high. The war in Ukraine threatens to cause further chaos in global crop trading, leading to even higher food prices.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court after Republican Senator Susan Collins said she’ll vote to confirm. The committee vote is Monday. 

All times are Eastern and subject to change.
save the date
Thursday, Apr 14
INVESTORS market practices industry update
10:30 - 11 am

Come when you can. Leave when you have to. Take your calls.
at the agencies
Wednesday, Apr 6
FEDERAL RESERVE
Minutes from Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of March 15-16, 2022.

Wednesday, Apr 6
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
The SEC's Division of Trading and Markets plans to consider proposing new rules for exchanges where equity-based swaps trade. Rules would address how registration and execution requirements apply to the derivatives when they trade internationally. The SEC also plans to consider proposing regulations to mitigate conflicts of interest.

Friday, April 8
FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL
Virtual meeting will consist of only an executive (closed) session. The preliminary agenda includes an update on macroeconomic developments and an update on FSOC's work related to digital assets.
on the hill
Monday, Apr 4
SENATE JUDICIARY
Vote on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. A full Senate vote is likely later in the week.

Tuesday, Apr 5
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing: "An Enduring Legacy: The Role of Financial Institutions in the Horrors of Slavery and the Need for Atonement."

Tuesday, Apr 5
SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Hearing: "Keeping Markets Fair: Considering Insider Trading Legislation."

Wednesday, Apr 6
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Hearing: "The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System."
across the globe
Monday, Apr 4
ZURICH, Switzerland (virtual)
Does safe DeFi require CBDCs?, a conference hosted by the BIS Innovation Hub and the Swiss National Bank to discuss how a common understanding on how DeFi-based markets might evolve from their current state, what role central banks might have, and the potential interaction with Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). The conference will be livestreamed for the public.

Monday, Apr 4
VIRTUAL

Tuesday, Apr 5
LUXEMBOURG
At an Ecofin Council conference, EU economic and finance ministers will try to agree on a general approach to a global minimum tax level of not less than 15 percent for large multinational corporations, and discuss the economic and financial aspects of the war in Ukraine.

Tuesday, Apr 5
VIRTUAL

Wednesday, Apr 6 -
Thursday, Apr 7
PARIS, France (virtual)
European Banking Authority seminar on Basel III-related latest developments in Europe.

Thursday, Apr 7
FRANKFURT, Germany
European Central Bank publishes account of March monetary policy meeting.
other events
Thursday, Apr 7
NEW YORK CITY
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization releases monthly food price index.

Thursday, Apr 7
VIRTUAL
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