Nov 20 (Reuters) -
Political and General News
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20
** Frankfurt - ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio chairing Policy Panel 1 "Fiscal and financial union: complements or substitutes?" at ECB Conference "Public debt, fiscal policy and EMU deepening" in Frankfurt, Germany - 1415 GMT.
VIENNA - Central and Eastern European central bankers at an economic conference in Vienna - (to Nov. 21). FRANKFURT - European Central Bank executive board member Sabine Lautenschlager speaks at IIF European CRO Forum in Frankfurt - 1215 GMT. BRUSSELS - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi speak to the European Parliament's ECON committee - 1400 GMT. LONDON - Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden speaks on monetary policy at King's College, London - 1830 GMT. BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0800 GMT.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21
** PARIS - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, EU antitrust chief speak at innovation conference.
** FRANKFURT - ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure chairs Policy Panel "Economic convergence: before or beyond fiscal union" at ECB Conference "Public debt, fiscal policy and EMU deepening" in Frankfurt, Germany - 1500 GMT.
COPENHAGEN - Riksbank First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick takes part in a panel discussion under the heading "To regulate or not to regulate?" at the Nordic Cyber Conference organised by the Nordic central banks in Copenhagen - 1405 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22
STOCKHOLM - Swedish Central Bank to publish Financial Stability Report 2017 followed by a press conference on financial stability. Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Riksbank, and Olof Sandstedt, head of the Financial Stability Department, will participate in the press conference - 0830 GMT.
FRANKFURT - ECB Governing Council meeting. No interest rate announcements scheduled.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will release the minutes from its October policy meeting - 1900 GMT.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23
** PARIS - ECB Executive Board Member Benoit Coeure speaks at an awards ceremony at the CNAM professional training and research institute in Paris - 1800 GMT.
** Luxembourg - ECB Executive Board Member Peter Praet participating in Panel Session I - Investment and investment finance in Europe: a policy perspective, at the Economics Conference 2017 jointly organised by SUERF and the EIB, in Luxembourg - 0835 GMT.
BASEL, Switzerland - Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan will give a speech on "Switzerland's high current account surplus: consequences for the SNB's monetary policy??" at the University of Basel - 1630 GMT.
MEXICO CITY - Mexico central bank issues minutes of monetary policy meeting.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24
** Paris- ECB Executive Board Member Benoit Coeure opening remarks at conference "Economic and Financial Regulation in the Era of Big Data" organised by Banque de France in Paris, France - 1815 GMT.
** FRANKFURT - ECB Executive Board Member Daniele Nouy speaks at 18. Handelsblatt Jahrestagung on European Banking Regulation in Frankfurt, Germany - 1030 GMT.
** Madrid - ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio speaks on the occasion of the awarding of the Germán Bernácer Prize organised by Banco de España in Madrid, Spain - 1230 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Eastern Partnership summit.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27
WINONA, Minn. - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari participates in a moderated question-and-answer session before an event hosted by Winona State University - 2330 GMT.
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28
WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee holds hearing on nomination of Jerome Powell to be chairman of the Federal Reserve - 1500 GMT.
MADRID - Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri, BANKIA CEO will be introduced by Luis de Guindos, Spain Ministry of Economy at Forum Europa in Madrid - 0800 GMT.
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins will hold press conference to discuss the contents of the Financial System Review - 1615 GMT.
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank releases monthly data on lending and money supply.
LONDON - Bank of England to publish Financial Stability Report November 2017 - 0700 GMT
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
** Tokyo - Japan Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso gives a speech at the Jiji Press Kin'yu Konwa Kai meeting in Tokyo - 0700 GMT.
PHOENIX - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John C. Williams gives the keynote address at the 54th Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon Sponsored by Arizona State University - 1850 GMT.
LONDON - Dutch central bank chief and European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot addresses the annual dinner of Britain's Society of Business Economists - 2000 GMT.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve issues its Beige Book on economic condition - 1900 GMT.
WELLINGTON - Reserve Bank of New Zealand publishes Financial Stability Report.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30
TOKYO - Speech by Bank of Japan board member Yutaka Harada at a meeting with business leaders in Fukushima - 0130 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester moderates "Financial Innovation and Macroprudential Policy" panel before the Financial Stability and Fintech Conference organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the Office of Financial Research and the University of Maryland - 1330 GMT.
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell speaks before the Financial Stability and Fintech Conference organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the Office of Financial Research, and the University of Maryland - 1700 GMT.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4
BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting.
STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 1200 GMT.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5
BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
LONDON - Record of Financial Policy Committee meeting, which was held on 22 November - 0930 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6
STOCKHOLM - Riksbank Deputy Governor Per Jansson gives a speech - 1100 GMT.
FRANKFURT - ECB Governing Council meeting. No interest rate announcements scheduled.
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada key policy interest rate announcement - 1500 GMT.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7
FRANKFURT - ECB general council meeting.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12
BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council meeting.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) starts its two-day meeting on interest rates.
FRANKFURT - ECB Governing Council meeting. No interest rate announcements scheduled.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announces its decision on interest rates, followed by a statement - 1900 GMT.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference - 1930 GMT.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 FRANKFURT - ECB Governing Council meeting, followed by an interest rate announcement.
FRANKFURT - ECB President Mario Draghi holds a press conference following the interest rate decision meeting.
LONDON - Bank of England announces rate decision and publishes the minutes of the meeting, after the rate decision - 1200 GMT.
OSLO - Norway Central Bank holds Announcement of the Executive Board's interest rate decision and publication of Monetary Policy followed by press conference - 0900 GMT
STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0800 GMT.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15
STOCKHOLM - Riksbank general council meeting - 0900 GMT.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19
ROSEVILLE, Minn. - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari participates in a moderated question-and-answer session before an event hosted by Lambda Alpha International-Minnesota Chapter - 1810 GMT.
BRATISLAVA - Slovakia central bank (NBS) Governor Jozef Makuch holds a news conference.
STOCKHOLM - Riksbank holds monetary policy meeting 6 - 0800 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20
TOKYO - Bank of Japan holds monetary policy meeting (to December 21). STOCKHOLM - Swedish Central Bank announces interest rate decision. Monetary policy report will be published - 0830 GMT.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 25
TOKYO - Bank of Japan issues minutes of monetary policy meetings at its Oct. 30-31 policy meeting - 2350 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27
TOKYO - Bank of Japan to release summary of opinions from board members at its Dec. 20-21 policy meeting - 2350 GMT.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28
CAIRO - Central Bank of Egypt holds its monetary policy committee meeting.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank releases monthly data on lending and money supply.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will release the minutes from its December policy meeting - 1900 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10
STOCKHOLM - Swedish Central Bank minutes from the monetary policy will be published - 0830 GMT.
FRANKFURT - ECB Governing Council meeting. No interest rate announcements scheduled.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12
SAN DIEGO - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric S. Rosengren speaks on the economic outlook and receives the GIC Frederick Heldring Award for Global Leadership at an event hosted by the Global Interdependence Center - 1800 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada key policy interest rate announcement and monetary policy report - 1500 GMT.
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz and Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins will hold a press conference to discuss the contents of the Monetary Policy Report - 1615 GMT.
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