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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

FRANKFURT - Governing Council of the ECB holds monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt (to March 6)

TOKYO - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato give opening remarks at IMF panel.

LONDON - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and other top bank officials answer questions from lawmakers about their decision to cut interest rates in February – 1430 GMT

SHIZUOKA, Japan - BOJ Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida delivers speech, holds news conference - 0130 GMT.

WASHINGTON D.C., United States - Federal Reserve issues the Beige Book - 1900 GMT.

THURSDAY, MARCH 6

PHILADELPHIA - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker speaks on "Economic Education" before the National Association of Economic Educators 2025 Spring Professional Development Conference.1345 GMT.

FRANKFURT - The ECB Podcast: ECB President Christine Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 1515 GMT.

FRANKFURT - Video message by ECB President Christine Lagarde at Women's Forum event "Equality – Really?! (Gerechtigkeit – Echt jetzt?!)" organised by Oesterreichische Nationalbank in Vienna, Austria – 1535 GMT.

NEW YORK CITY - Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller speaks on the economic outlook before the Wall Street Journal CFO Network Summit, in New York. - 2030 GMT

FRANKFURT - ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks to reporters following the Governing Council's monthly monetary policy meeting – 1345 GMT

FRANKFURT - Press conference following the Governing Council meeting of the ECB in Frankfurt - 1345 GMT

WASHINGTON DC, United States - The Federal Reserve Board, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation host a virtual meeting to receive public comments consistent with the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA) about their regulations that may be outdated, unnecessary, or unduly burdensome - 1800 GMT

FRIDAY, MARCH 7

LISBON - Federal Reserve Board Governor Adriana Kugler speaks on "The Rebalancing of Labor Markets Across the World" before the Bank of Portugal's Conference on Monetary Policy Transmission and the Labor Market, in Lisbon, Portugal. - 1720 GMT

LISBON - Federal Reserve Board Governor Adriana Kugler participates in "Monetary Policy" panel before the Bank of Portugal's Conference on Monetary Policy Transmission and the Labor Market, in Lisbon, Portugal. - 1800 GMT

FRANKFURT - Welcome address by ECB President Christine Lagarde at ECB International Women's Day 2025 conference "Closing the Financial Literacy Gap" in Frankfurt – 0930 GMT.

FRANKFURT - Participation by ECB President Christine Lagarde in conversation with Claudia Buch, Klaas Knot, Annamaria Lusardi, Joachim Nagel, and Fabio Panetta at ECB International Women's Day 2025 conference "Closing the Financial Literacy Gap" in Frankfurt – 0940 GMT.

FRANKFURT - Participation by ECB board member Claudia Buch in conversation with Christine Lagarde, Klaas Knot, Annamaria Lusardi, Joachim Nagel, and Fabio Panetta at ECB International Women's Day 2025 conference "Closing the Financial Literacy Gap" in Frankfurt – 0940 GMT.

LONDON – Bank of England’s Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Catherine L Mann: Keynote lecture at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand research conference ‘holding anchor in turbulent waters’ – 1500 GMT.

NEW YORK - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks before luncheon at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business 2025 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic participates in conversation on the economic outlook with some focus on the Birmingham region - 0000 GMT

NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams and (INVITED) Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman participate in panel discussion of the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum Report, "Monetary Policy Transmission Post-Covid" organized by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business - 1545 GMT.

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank First Deputy Governor Anna Breman will participate in a panel discussion at the SPP seminar "Economic security in uncertain times - How we create a gender-equal economy!" - 1115 GMT.

MONDAY, MARCH 10

**WELLINGTON - Deputy Governor Christian Hawkesby of Reserve Bank of New Zealand gives a speech about the February Monetary Policy Statement at the ANZ Investor Tour - 01:30 GMT.

STOCKHOLM - The Riksbank is arranging a press conference on the Payments Report 2025 with Governor Erik Thedéen and Elin Ritola, Head of Payment Analysis and Innovation - 1200 GMT.

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

TUESDAY, MARCH 11

BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

FRANKFURT - ECB's Christine Lagarde, Philip Lane, François Villeroy de Galhau, Jose Luis Escriva speak at the annual ECB and its Watchers conference

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada key policy interest rate announcement. – 1345 GMT

THURSDAY, MARCH 13

FRANKFURT - Participation by ECB board member Luis de Guindos in fireside chat at EIOPA Sustainable Finance Conference 2025 "Driving Resilience and Action in a Warming World" - 0950 GMT

VALENCIA, Spain - Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo invited his EU counterparts to a big gathering in Valencia to discuss competitiveness.

WASHINGTON DC - Federal Reserve releases figures on the financial health of U.S. household in its Flow of Funds report for the fourth quarter of 2024, in Washington. - 1600 GMT

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0800 GMT

FRIDAY, MARCH 14

FRANKFURT - Participation by ECB board member Piero Cipollone in panel discussion at event ""Fifty years of Consob: present and future - Reflections in Bocconi"" organised by Consob (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa) and Bocconi University in Milan, Italy - 1315 GMT

TUESDAY, MARCH 18

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee $(FOMC)$ starts its two-day meeting on interest rates (to Mar. 19).

TOKYO - Bank of Japan holds Monetary Policy Meeting (to Mar. 19).

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank publishes monetary policy meeting, including the policy rate - 0800 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announces its decision on interest rates followed by statement - 1800 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Federal Reserve chairperson holds a news conference.

THURSDAY, MARCH 20

**CALGARY, AB - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem gives a speech at Calgary Economic Development - 17:05 GMT.

BERN - Swiss National Bank (SNB) Monetary policy assessment with news conference - 0830 GMT

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank publishes monetary policy decision, including the policy rate and the Monetary Policy report for March 2025 - 0830 GMT

STOCKHOLM - The Riksbank is arranging a press conference on the monetary policy decision - 1000 GMT

LONDON - Bank of England announces rate decision and publishes the minutes of the meeting, after the rate decision - 1200 GMT

MONDAY, MARCH 24

TOKYO - Bank of Japan releases Minutes of Monetary Policy Meeting held on Jan. 23 and 24 - 2350 GMT

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0800 GMT

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank publishes minutes from the monetary policy meeting on 19 March 2025 - 0830 GMT

BERLIN - Governing Council of the ECB holds non-monetary policy meeting (Virtual)

THURSDAY, MARCH 27

OSLO - Norway Central Bank announces interest rate decision and Monetary Policy Report 1/25 - 0900 GMT

TOKYO - Bank of Japan to release summary of opinions from board members at its Mar. 18-19 policy meeting - 2350 GMT

BERLIN - General Council meeting of the ECB (Virtual)

FRIDAY, MARCH 28

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank general council meeting - 1200 GMT.

MONDAY, MARCH 31

OSLO - Speech by Norges Bank deputy governors Pal Longva and Oystein Borsum to Norges Bank's Regional Network, region South-West.

OSLO - Speech by Norges Bank Governor Ida Wolden Bache for Regional Network, region North – 0830 GMT.

TUESDAY, APRIL 1

LONDON - Bank of England MPC's Megan Greene gives keynote speech to Royal Economic Society – 0815 GMT

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

DUBLIN - ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks at event in Dublin. – 1700 GMT

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9

** AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Dutch ECB policy maker Klaas Knot speaks at conference on Globalization and geo-economic fragmentation in Amsterdam, organised by the Dutch central bank and research institute Bruegel - 0730 GMT.

WASHINGTON DC - Federal Open Market Committee issues minutes from its meeting of March 18-19, 2025. - 1800 GMT

WELLINGTON - Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) holds Monetary Policy Review and OCR - 0200 GMT

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0700 GMT

FRIDAY, APRIL 11

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0700 GMT

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada key policy interest rate announcement and Monetary Policy Report - 1345 GMT.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

FRANKFURT - ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks to reporters following the Governing Council's monthly monetary policy meeting. – 1245 GMT

BERLIN - Press conference following the Governing Council meeting of the ECB in Frankfurt - 1230 GMT

BERLIN - Governing Council of the ECB holds monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt

TUESDAY, APRIL 22

PHILADELPHIA - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker gives welcome remarks before the Economic Mobility Summit sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia – 1300 GMT

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

WASHINGTON D.C. - Federal Reserve issues the Beige Book - 1800 GMT.

FRIDAY, APRIL 25

BERNE - Speeches by SNB’s Barbara Janom Steiner and Martin Schlegel, SNB’s General Meeting of Shareholders – 0800 GMT.

TUESDAY, APRIL 29

GENEVA – Speech by SNB’s Vice Chairman of the Governing Board, Antoine Martin, International center for Monetary and Banking Studies $(ICMB)$ – 1630 GMT.

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0700 GMT

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

TOKYO - Bank of Japan holds Monetary Policy Meeting (to May 1)

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