Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer will discuss U.S. inflation developments at the annual central banking symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Fed said in a statement released on Thursday in Washington that Fischer would take part in a panel discussion on Saturday, Aug. 29. There are no other public Fed Board member appearances scheduled Aug. 21-30, making Fischer's comments a potentially vital clue for investors weighing whether the Fed will act at its next policy-setting meeting on Sept. 16-17. Officials at the Federal Open Market Committee gathering last month voiced concern about low inflation, minutes of the meeting released on Wednesday showed. The news prompted investors to curb bets the Fed would raise rates in September. The probability that futures traders assign to a rate boost next month stood at 36 percent at 5:52 p.m. in New York on Thursday, the lowest since July, down from 50 percent on Wednesday morning. The Fed has held the benchmark federal funds rate near zero since 2008 and hasn't raised it since 2006.
24 Aug 2015
Week InAdvance
please join us...
MONDAY, AUG 24
11am - noon ET
Cyber Security Council Telecon
Open to all INVESTORS members. Agenda includes a discussion on sending periodic Q&As to INVESTORS members re: cybersecurity practices in the asset management industry, an update on the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Sharing Act (S. 754), and a presentation on cybersecurity tabletop exercises.
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Matthew Jones
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TUESDAY, NOV 17
2015 Fall Market Practices In Person Meeting 
Boston, Massachusetts
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 
Proposed theme:  "Building on YTD Accomplishments for Creative Planning in 2016"
week in brief
MONDAY, AUG 24
President Obama delivers remarks at the 8th annual National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas. Public Pension Funding Forum in Berkeley CA.

TUESDAY, AUG 25
Congressional Budget Office releases budget and economic outlook update.

WEDNESDAY, AUG 26
NY Fed President holds press briefing in New York.

THURSDAY, AUG 27
Central bankers, economists and market participants gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming (thru 8/29) 
at the agencies
TUESDAY, AUG 25
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
CBO to release "An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015-2025" on its website. Agency director Keith Hall, will hold a press briefing.

WEDNESDAY, AUG 26
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William C. Dudley will answer questions following a press briefing on the local and regional economy in New York.
on the hill
Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on September 8th.
other events
MONDAY, AUG 24
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
The eighth annual National Clean Energy Summit. President Obama will kick off a campaign to promote his climate agenda ahead of United Nations-sponsored negotiations in December.

MONDAY, AUG 24 - 
TUESDAY, AUG 25
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
The 2015 Public Pension Funding Forum, a joint conference held by the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) and the Institute on Public Pension Solutions (IPPS).

THURSDAY, AUG 27 - 
SATURDAY, AUG 29
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING
The annual 2015 Economic Symposium, "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.  Since 1978, central bankers, finance ministers, economists and market participants from around the world have gathered to discuss global economic issues, implications, and policy options. Chair Janet Yellen won't attend this year's event, which falls three weeks before the U.S. central bank's September policy meeting. Watch the video "Inside the Central Banking Hangouts of Jackson Hole."