If you want to take a day off this week, Tuesday is the day. On every other day there are one or more speakers from the Federal Reserve:
- Richard Fisher: Monday, 1:00 p.m. ET (1700GMT) Fisher is a hawk and a non-voter in 2013
- Narayana Kocherlakota: Wednesday, 1:55 a.m. ET (0555GMT… why so early in the morning? He is speaking in Seoul, South Korea) Kocherlakota is a dove and a non-voter in 2013
- Jerome Powell: Thursday, 10:30 a.m. ET (1430GMT). Powell is on the Board of Governors and is hence a voter in 2013
- Dennis Lockhart: Thursday, 12:30 p.m. ET (1630GMT)Hawk, non-voter in 2013
- Jeremy Stein: Friday, 8:30 a.m. ET(1230GMT) Stein is a centrist/dove, is on the Board of Governors, and is hence a voter in 2013
- Jeffrey Lacker: Friday, 9:15 a.m. ET (1315GMT) Hawk, non-voter in 2013
- Sandra Pianalto: Friday, 12:00 p.m. (1600GMT) Hawk, non-voter in 2013
- John Williams: Friday, 3:30 p.m. ET (1930GMT) Dove, non-voter in 2013
Put these in your diary and expect market volatility as their comments are reported
