The big event for this week is the Kansas City Federal Reserve symposium, August 27 - 30.
The full agenda will be made available at 7 pm US Central time (CT), which is 8 pm US ET on August 26
- 0000 GMT August 27
Note that in your diary if interested - I'll get the agenda posted once its made available.
What we do know of the agenda is that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s opening remarks will be at 9 am CT/10 am ET/1400 GMT on August 27. Earlier info posted here:
- Its a huge week coming up - the big event is Powell's speech at Jackson Hole on Friday
- The medium is the message: Jackson Hole goes virtual
- Jackson Hole Summit to be held virtually
And, the scream-from-the-rooftops-for-taper-guy, Fed Dallas head Kaplan has dialled back his hawkishness a notch in the wake of the spread of the virulent Delta mutant:
- More from Kaplan: Mask, vaccines the only tools we have in this "war", and we are in a war
- Kaplan: Sees GDP to grow 6.5%. PCE inflation at 3.8%-3.9%
- Fed's Kaplan: Delta variant limiting production output
Powell and Kaplan:
