This Week in Washington
March 16
The Cato Institute holds a policy forum
on the question Did a Lack of Consumer Protection Cause the Financial
Crisis?. - 12 noon
March 16
The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market
Committee holds a one-day meeting on interest-rate policy, Announcement
expected at 2:15 p.m.:
March 17
The House Financial Services Committee
will hold a hearing on the proposed Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. -
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building.
March 17
The House Financial Services Committee
will hold a hearing on “Examining the Link Between Fed Bank
Supervision and Monetary Policy.” - 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn House
Office Building.
March 17 - 18
The American Bankers Association holds
its 2010 government-relations summit; speakers include House Minority
Leader John Boehner, Office of Thrift Supervision Acting Director John
Bowman, Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills, Federal
Reserve Board Gov. Elizabeth Duke, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Chairwoman Sheila Bair and others at the Renaissance Hotel, Washington,
D.C.
March 17 - 21
The Independent Community Bankers of
America holds its 2010 National Convention & Techworld in Orlando,
Florida.
March 18
The House Financial Services Subcommittee
on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises will
hold a hearing on insurance holding company supervision. - 10 a.m., 2128
Rayburn House Office Building.
March 18
The National Press Club hosts a
conference on financial reform; speakers include Chairman of the
National Economic Council Lawrence Summers, Senators Mark Warner, D-Va.,
and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and others. - 8:30 a.m.
March 19
The National Press Club hosts a discussion on the nation's economic
future, with former Comptroller General David Walker and others. - 9
a.m.
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