Oct 18 (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 ————————————————————- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 ** WASHINGTON DC – Participation by ECB President Christine Lagarde in IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C., USA (to October 19). WASHINGTON DC – Participation by ECB President Christine Lagarde in panel discussion at Group of Thirty opening panel "Global Economic Outlook" – 1310 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 ** STOCKHOLM – Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen discusses the economic situation and current monetary policy at Liberala ekonomklubben.- 1000 GMT. ** FRANKFURT – Welcome remarks by ECB Board member Isabel Schnabel at 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025 organised by Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt – 0800 GMT. ** FRANKFURT – Participation by ECB Board member Isabel Schnabel in a panel discussion at 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025 organised by Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt – 1400 GMT. HIROSHIMA, Japan – BOJ board member Hajime Takata delivers speech at a Meeting of the Chugoku Economic Federation. – 0350 GMT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 ** FRANKFURT – Welcome speech by ECB Board member Philip Lane at 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025 organised by Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt – 0700 GMT. ** OSLO – Keynote address by ECB President Christine Lagarde at Norges Bank's Climate Conference followed by moderated discussion with Al Gore in Oslo – 1100 GMT. 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 ** ST. LOUIS – (VIA PRE-RECORDED VIDEO) Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael Barr speaks on "Financial Inclusion" before the Crossing the Credit Barrier Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis – 2000 GMT. ** BARCELONA – Participation by ECB Board member Luis de Guindos at Barcelona Real Assets Meeting 2025 in Barcelona, Spain – 1100 GMT. ** FRANKFURT – Keynote speech ECB President Christine Lagarde at Frankfurt Finance & Future Summit in Frankfurt – 1225 GMT. ** FRANKFURT – Lecture by ECB Board member Claudia Buch at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in Frankfurt – 1500 GMT. STOCKHOLM – Riksbank Deputy Governor Per Jansson will discuss monetary policy at the National Mediation Office conference on the economic conditions for wage formation – 1105 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 ** WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on oversight of financial regulators – 1400 GMT. ** NEW ORLEANS – Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael Barr speaks on "Community Investment" before the Novogradac 2025 Fall New Markets Tax Credit Conference – 1425 GMT. ** BRUSSELS – Participation by ECB President Christine Lagarde in Euro Summit in Brussels ** DUBLIN – Acceptance speech by ECB Board member Philip Lane on the occasion of the conferral of the 2025 Pádraig Ó hUiginn Award to him in Dublin, Ireland – 1330 GMT. 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. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 ** CLEVELAND – Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issues Median CPI for September – 1500 GMT. ** NAPLES, Italy – Participation by ECB Board member Piero Cipollone in fireside chat titled 'Il nuovo quadro della finanza internationale' at Cambio di Paradigma organised by Il Mattino in Naples, Italy – 0800 GMT. ** FRANKFURT – European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane gives an acceptance speech as he receives the Pádraig Ó hUiginn Award – 1330 GMT MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 ** FRANKFURT – European Central Bank supervisor Anneli Tuominen speaks at the joint ECB and EUI banking governance high-level Seminar "Board of the Future" – 0915 GMT 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 polic…
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