KEY WORLD FINANCIAL EVENTS CALENDAR GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8
BONN, Germany - ECB Executive Board member Juergen Stark participates in a panel discussion on recovering from the crisis (1600 GMT).
OSLO - Norges Bank Deputy Governor Jan F. Qvigstad gives a speech at a seminar on the financial crisis arranged by Prio.
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada key policy interest rate announcement - 1400 GMT
AUSTIN, Texas - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher speaks on "The Importance of Education" before the Fourth Annual State of Education in Austin conference - 1800 GMT
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech on the economy at the Brookings Institution think tank.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
LONDON - Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, (to Dec. 10).
LONDON - British Finance Minister Alistair Darling makes his Pre-Budget statement to the House of Commons - 1230 GMT
FRANKFURT,Germany - ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber gives speech on the financial crisis and challenges facing SMEs (1100 GMT).
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - Federal Reserve Board Governor Elizabeth Duke speaks on "Community Stabilization" before a NeighborWorks America symposium - 1340 GMT
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10
LONDON - Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announces interest rate decision - 1200 GMT
WELLINGTON - Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Monetary Policy Statement and Official Cash Rate (OCR) announcement (2000 GMT on Dec. 9).
FRANKFURT - ECB publishes monthly bulletin (0900 GMT).
CHICAGO - Federal Reserve Gov. Elizabeth Duke speaks to Chicago Fed's mortgage foreclosure policy conference - 1745 GMT
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom - ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet to speak at the University of Cambridge (1730 GMT).
LUXEMBOURG - ECB Governing Council Board member Yves Mersch holds press conference to present the Bank of Luxembourg's third bulletin for 2009 (0900 GMT).
ZURICH - Swiss National Bank (SNB) monetary policy assessment (part of Media News Conference) - 0830 GMT
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11
LONDON - ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet gives the keynote address at The Economist's second city lecture (1215 GMT).
STOCKHOLM - ECB Executive Board member Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell participates in a session on reforming the financial framework in a conference organised by the Confederation of Swedish Industries and the Centre for Global Studies (1200 GMT).
ATHENS - The Hellenic Society of Banking Law and Capital Market Law holds an event on the global financial crisis and financial law at 1330 GMT. Bank of Greece deputy governor Ioannis Papadakis to deliver opening speech.
FRANKFURT,Germany - ECB Executive Board member Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo to participate in the press briefing on investment fund statistics (0900 GMT).
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins two-day meeting on interest rates (to Dec. 16).
SYDNEY - Minutes of Monetary Policy Meeting of Reserve Bank Board - 0030 GMT
VEZIA, Italy - Jean-Pierre Roth, Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank (SNB) speaks at Associazione Bancaria Ticinese - Center for Banking Studies - 1630 GMT
ZURICH - Swiss government publishes update on its growth and inflation forecast - 0645 GMT
STOCKHOLM - Swedish central bank meets on monetary policy (to Dec. 16) - 0700 GMT
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announces decision on short -term interest rates, issues policy statement - 1915 GMT
OSLO - Norwegian central bank's policy-setting executive board holds meeting on interest rates (rate decision 1300 GMT, news conference 1345 GMT).
TORONTO - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney gives speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto and Empire Club of Canada - 1645 GMT
STOCKHOLM - Swedish Central Bank repo rate decision from the monetary policy meeting on December 15 is announced - 0730 GMT
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17
GENEVA - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council meeting (to Dec. 18).
TOKYO - Bank of Japan starts two-day monetary policy meeting (to Dec 18).
FRANKFURT - ECB Governing Council and General Council meeting. No interest rate announcements scheduled.
SYDNEY - Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin - 0030 GMT
WHITEHORSE, Canada - Canadian Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty meets with his provincial and territorial counterparts to discuss the economy and the report on Retirement Income Adequacy (to Dec. 18).
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18
TOKYO - Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting (FINAL DAY).
ZURICH - KOF Swiss Economic Institute publishes update on its growth and inflation forecast.
MELBOURNE - Australia & New Zealand Banking Group annual meeting.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21
TOKYO - Bank of Japan Publishes Monthly Report - 0500 GMT
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23
LONDON - Bank of England (BoE) to publish minutes of Dec. 9-10 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting.
ZURICH - Swiss National Bank (SNB) Quarterly Bulletin December 2009 (Monetary policy report - The economic situation) - 1000 GMT
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24
TOKYO - Bank of Japan to publish minutes of November 19-20 monetary policy meeting (2350 GMT on Dec 23).
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3
ATLANTA - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn participates in "Andrew Brimmer Policy Forum: National Economic and Financial Policies of President Barack Obama. Evaluations One Year on the Trail" before the American Economic Association Annual Meeting - 1515 GMT ATLANTA - (INVITED) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks before the American Economic Association Annual Meeting.- 1530 GMT
MONDAY, JANUARY 4
STOCKHOLM - Swedish Central Bank publishes minutes of the executive Board's monetary policy meeting from 15 December - 0830 GMT
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