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THURSDAY, APRIL 14
WASHINGTON - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim holds press
conference - 1245 GMT.
WASHINGTON - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde holds
press conference - 1330 GMT.
WASHINGTON - IMF holds discussion, "Opportunity Africa:
Reducing Risk and Mobilizing Financing on a New Scale" - 1300
GMT.
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion on "Focus on Results"
- 1430 GMT.
WASHINGTON - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde
participates in interview, "The Managing Director's Interview on
the Global Economy" - 1600 GMT.
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion, "Turning the Paris
Climate Agreement into Action" - 1700 GMT. Speakers: World Bank
Group President Jim Yong Kim and Bank of England Governor Mark
Carney.
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion on "Innovative
Financial Solutions for Today's Development Challenges" - 1800
GMT.
WASHINGTON - IMF discussion on "Emerging Markets at the
Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities" - 1830 GMT. Speakers:
Central bank of Russia Deputy Governor Ksenia Yudaeva, IMF First
Deputy Managing Director David Lipton and Argentina Finance
Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay.
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion on "Think Forests: Why
Investing in Forests is the Next Big Thing" - 1830 GMT.
WASHINGTON - IMF holds discussion on "Fortifying the Global
Financial Safety Net". Speakers: Bank of England Deputy Governor
Minouche Shafik, IMF First Deputy Managing Director David
Lipton, Chile Finance Minister Rodrigo Valdes and Reserve Bank
of India Governor Raghuram Rajan - 2000 GMT.
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion on "Early Childhood
Development: A Smart Beginning for Economies on the Rise".
Speakers: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, UNICEF Executive
Director Anthony Lake and Norway Foreign Minister Borge Brende -
2030 GMT.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Treasury Counselor Antonio Weiss testifies on
"Examining Current Trends and Changes in the Fixed-Income
Markets" before the Senate's banking subcommittee on securities,
insurance and investment and the subcommittee on Economic Policy
- 1400 GMT.
CHICAGO - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis
Lockhart participates in moderated discussion, "Federal Reserve
Perspective," before the ENGAGE International Investment
Education Symposium - 1400 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell
testifies on "Examining Current Trends and Changes in
Fixed-Income Markets" before the Senate Banking subcommittee on
securities, insurance, and investments and the subcommittee on
economic policy - 1400 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Press briefing: Asia and Pacific Department at the
IMF headquarters - 2215 GMT.
LONDON - Bank of England interest rate decision - 1100 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Netherlands Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem
speaks at Peterson Institute - 1430 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Italian Economy/Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan
discusses future of EU, more growth and stability - 1845 GMT.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
WASHINGTON - 2016 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank Group (to April 17).
WASHINGTON - IMF discussion on "Private Sector Solutions in
Challenging Markets" - 1300 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Press briefing: European Department at IMF
headquarters - 1315 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Press briefing: African Department at IMF
headquarters - 1415 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Press briefing: Middle East and Central Asia
Department at IMF headquarters - 1515 GMT.
WASHINGTON - G20 Press conference at IMF headquarters - 1715
GMT.
WASHINGTON - Press briefing: Western Hemisphere Department at
IMF headquarters - 1815 GMT.
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion on "Forced
Displacement: A Global Development Challenge". Speakers: World
Bank President Jim Yong Kim, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
and Kingdom of Jordan Queen Rania Al-Abdullah - 1500 GMT.
WASHINGTON - IMF holds discussion on "Sub-Saharan Africa: Just
a Rough Patch?". Speakers: African Development Bank President
Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, IMF
Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa and Rwanda Finance
Minister Claver Gatete - 1530 GMT.
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion on "Digital Dividends
for East Asia Pacific - Faster Growth, More Jobs and Better
Governance?" - 1630 GMT.
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion on "Competition Policy
in Developing Countries: Helping Markets Perform Better",
Speakers:- Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development Secretary General Angel Gurria and World Bank Chief
Financial Officer Joaquim Levy - 1800 GMT.
WASHINGTON - World Bank hosts discussion on "Powering Up
Growth: Ideas for Beating the Slowdown". Speakers: Pakistan
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Angola Finance Minister Armando
Manuel and Ukraine Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko - 2000 GMT.
WASHINGTON - A Celebration of the United Nations and World Bank
Group partnership. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and United
Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to attend - 2130 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles
Evans speaks on current economic conditions and monetary policy
before the J.P. Morgan Investment Seminar - 1630 GMT.
SYDNEY - Reserve Bank of Australia financial stability review
report - 0130 GMT.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion on "State of the
Africa Region" - 1500 GMT.
WASHINGTON - IMF holds discussion on "The Evolving Role of
China in the Global Economy" - 1930 GMT.
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
WASHINGTON - IMF holds "Fiscal Forum 2016: Strengthening the
International Tax System" - 1300 GMT. Speakers: IMF Managing
Director Christine Lagarde and Swedish Finance Minister
Magdalena Andersson.
WASHINGTON - World Bank holds discussion on "A New Vision for
Financing Development". Speakers: World Bank President Jim Yong
Kim, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan and Ghana
Finance Minister Seth Terkper - 1400 GMT.
WASHINGTON - IMF holds discussion, "Digital Disruptions to the
Financial System: Opportunities and Threats" - 1400 GMT.
MONDAY, APRIL 18
MINNEAPOLIS - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President
Neel Kashkari speaks before the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce -
1630 GMT.
NEW BRITAIN - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric
Rosengren gives lecture before the Central Connecticut State
University American Savings Foundation Distinguished Lecture
Series - 2300 GMT.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19
NEW YORK - Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens
speaks at the Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN) 2016 Global Macro Conference - 1330
GMT.
LONDON - UK finance minister George Osborne to appear before
Parliament's Treasury Committee to discuss EU membership.
LONDON - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney appears before
House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee - 1435 GMT.
SYDNEY - Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes of
its April monetary policy meeting - 0130 GMT.
MADRID - Bank of Spain Governor Luis Maria Linde will deliver
the closing speech of the XXIII Financial Sector meeting: "The
challenge of profit in an uncertain environment" organized by
ABC and Deloitte - 1140 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20
STOCKHOLM - Swedish central bank holds monetary policy meeting
(to April 21).
OSLO - Norges Central Bank Governor Oystein Olsen speaks at the
Norwegian Polytechnic Society - 0530 GMT.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21
PRAGUE - Joint European Central Bank and Czech National Bank
conference on "Productivity and external rebalancing" (to Apr.
22). Speakers: Czech National Bank Governor Miroslav Singer,
European Central Bank Editorial Board Member Filippo di Mauro
and Bank of Portugal economist Joao Amador.
STOCKHOLM - Swedish central bank announces interest rate
decision. Monetary Policy Report will be published - 0730 GMT.
MONDAY, APRIL 25
FRANKFURT - Joint conference of the European Commission and
European Central Bank on "Completing European financial
integration: What next?" Speakers: European Commission's
Jonathan Hill, ECB members Vitor Constancio and Benoit Coeure.
TUESDAY, APRIL 26
NEW YORK, United States - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz
will gives a speech to the Investment Industry Association of
Canada and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
- 1240 GMT.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market
Committee (FOMC) two-day meeting on interest rates (to April 27)
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