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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks on the economic outlook and monetary
policy before an Economic Club of New York luncheon. (1220/1620) Yellen speaks for the first
time since the March Federal Open Market Committee rate decision and surprisingly dovish press
conference at which the Fed scaled back its rate hike path to perhaps two this year. Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams speaks on "Steering the U.S. Economy
Through Turbulent Seas," before an event hosted by the National University of Singapore.
(0515/0915) Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley is presider at an Economic
Club of New York luncheon (1200/1600). Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan
participates in moderated Q&A session before the Austin Chamber of Commerce (1300/1700) and he
later participates in moderated Q&A session before the McCombs School of Business at University
of Texas in Austin. (1600/2000)
U.S. homebuilder Lennar Corp (NYSE:LEN) is expected to report a rise in its first-quarter profit and
revenue, boosted by higher home sales as the overall housing market recovery remains intact.
Investors will look for the company's forecast as well as comments on demand trends in 2016 and
any impact of rising interest rates on its sales.
The Conference Board's consumer confidence index is expected to have risen to 94 in March after
falling to 92.2 in February. (1000/1400) Separately, the Case/Shiller house price index is
expected to have risen 5.8 percent in January from a year earlier. (0900/1300)
Maryland spice maker McCormick (NYSE:MKC) & Co will report its first-quarter results. Investors will look
for updates on McCormick's bid for Premier Foods after its sweetened offer was rejected by the
British company.
Canadian producer prices are expected to have fallen 0.2 percent in February after rising 0.5
percent in January. (0830/1230)
The Bank of England will release a quarterly assessment of risks to the UK's financial stability
and any action banks need to take as well as details of its 2016 bank stress test and work it
has done on underwriting standards for buy-to-let mortgages. (0430/0830)
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