Oct 17 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see: Top Economic Events Emerging Markets Economic Events Government Debt Auctions Political and General News U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington ------------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 WASHINGTON DC - The Vice Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil and Bundesbank head Joachim Nagel hold press conference in Washington - 1245 GMT WASHINGTON DC - Remarks and participation by ECB board member Sharon Donnery at Institute of International Finance (IIF) "Addressing Regulatory Fragmentation" roundtable discussion in Washington D.C., United States – 1100 GMT WASHINGTON DC - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem discusses the U.S. economy and monetary policy before the Institute for International Finance Annual Membership Meeting - 1615 GMT LONDON - Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill gives speech at ICAEW accountancy conference - 0935 GMT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 WASHINGTON DC – Participation by ECB President Christine Lagarde in panel discussion at Group of Thirty opening panel "Global Economic Outlook" - 1300 GMT WASHINGTON DC - Speech by ECB board member Piero Cipollone at Euro50Group meeting in Washington DC, USA - 1130 GMT WASHINGTON DC - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey speaks at G30 event in Washington alongside ECB President Christine Lagarde, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other senior finance officials. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20 Hiroshima - BOJ board member Hajime Takata delivers speech at a Meeting of the Chugoku Economic Federation. – 0350 GMT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 ** BARCELONA, Spain - Bank of Spain governor Jose Luis Escriva to speak at an event in Barcelona - 0930 GMT WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller gives opening remarks before the Federal Reserve Board Payments Innovation Conference - 1300 GMT LONDON – Executive Director of Payments of the Bank of England, Victoria Cleland gives opening remarks at the BIS DLT innovation challenge showcase - 1300 GMT OSLO - Norway central bank conference on how climate change and the energy transition affect the macroeconomy and financial markets, featuring keynote speeches by ECB President Christine Lagarde and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore - 0700 GMT WASHINGTON DC - Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller gives closing remarks before the Federal Reserve Board Payments Innovation Conference, in Washington. - 1930 GMT TOKYO - Speech by Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino at the 2025 GZERO Summit Japan - 0420 GMT. WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Board hosts a conference on payments innovation, to include panel discussions on several aspects of payments innovation, including the convergence of traditional and decentralized finance; emerging stablecoin use cases and business models; the intersection of artificial intelligence and payments; and the tokenization of financial products and services. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 STOCKHOLM - Riksbank Deputy Governor Per Jansson will discuss monetary policy at the National Mediation Office conference on the economic conditions for wage formation – 1600 GMT. LONDON – Member of the Bank of England’s Court of Directors, Sam Woods, delivers a speech at Annual City Banquet at Mansion House. Woods is also Deputy Governor for Prudential Regulation and CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority – 2000 GMT FRANKFURT - Top bankers, including ECB head Christian Lagarde and Commerzbank CEO Bettina Orlopp, speak at the Frankfurt Finance & Future Summit. STOCKHOLM - Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen gives his view on the economy, payments and financial stability in uncertain times - 1600 GMT. STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0700 GMT. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 LONDON - Bank of England FPC member Jonathan Hall will deliver a speech at Confederation of British Industry: ‘Balancing Financial Stability and Growth: the BoE Financial Policy Committee’s mandate and the search for a social optimum' - 1300 GMT STAVANGER, Norway - Norges Bank Deputy Governor Pal Longva is participating in "Kåkånomics" in Stavanger. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) starts its two-day meeting on interest rates (to Oct. 29) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 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. OTTAWA - Bank of Canada key policy interest rate announcement and Monetary Policy Report - 1345 GMT. TOKYO - Bank of Japan holds Monetary Policy Meeting (to Oct. 30) FLORENCE, Italy - The Governing Council of the European Central Bank meets in Florence. The Bank of Italy Governor joins the ECB's President and Vice President at the press conference. (To Oct. 30) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 JAPAN - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks to reporters after the central bank concludes its policy meeting - 0230 GMT. ROME - ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks to reporters following the Governing Council's monthly monetary policy meeting in Italy - 1345 GMT. ROME - Press conference following the Governing Council meeting of the ECB hosted by Bank of Italy - 1230 GMT. ROME - Governing Council of the ECB holds monetary policy meeting hosted by Bank of Italy. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 ROME - Banca d’Italia, the Bank of England and Banque de France are jointly organizing the 11th edition of their International Macroeconomics Workshop. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3 TORONTO - Fireside Chat with Bank of Canada GovernorTiff Macklem at The Logic Summit - 1730 GMT. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 STOCKHOLM - Riksbank holds Monetary policy meeting at which the Executive Board takes a decision on monetary policy including the policy rate - 0800 GMT. TOKYO - Bank of Japan releases Minutes of Monetary Policy Meeting held on Sept. 18 and 19 - 2350 GMT. WELLINGTON - Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) publishes 6-monthly Financial Stability Report (FSR) (to Nov. 5) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 STOCKHOLM - Riksbank publishes monetary policy decision, including the policy rate, and the Monetary Policy update for November 2025 - 0830 GMT. STOCKHOLM - The Riksbank is arranging a press conference on the November monetary policy decision - 1000 GMT. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 OSLO - Norway Central Bank announces interest rate decision - 0900 GMT. LONDON - Bank of England to publishes Monetary Policy Report - 1200 GMT. LONDON - Bank of England announces rate decision and publishes the minutes of the meeting, after the rate decision - 1200 GMT. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 KRISTIANSAND, Norway - Speech by Managing Director of Norges Bank Karsten Gerdrup to Norges Bank’s Regional Network. HAMAR, Norway - Speech by Norges Bank Director of Monetary Policy Ole Christian Bech-Moen to Norges Bank’s Regional Network. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 TOKYO - Bank of Japan to release summary of opinions from board members at its Oct. 29-30 policy meeting - 2350 GMT. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10 TOKYO - BOJ board member Junko Nakagawa delivers speech in Okayama prefecture TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0800 GMT. STOCKHOLM - Riksbank publishes minutes from the monetary policy meeting on 4 November 2025 - 0830 GMT. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 ** NEW YORK CITY, United States - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams speaks before the 2025 U.S. Treasury Market Conference co-hosted by the Federal Reserve System and the Treasury Department. OSLO - Publication of Financial Stability Report of Norges Bank – 2025 H2 – 0830 GMT. OTTAWA - Bank of Canada’s summary of monetary policy deliberations by the Governing Council for the policy decision that was announced on October 29, 2025 – 1830 GMT. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 GE... (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
