The main events of the day – March 21

MOSCOW, March 21 (Reuters) – Here are the day’s highlights that could affect Russian assets (Moscow time).

POLICY

– Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will continue talks in Moscow

ECONOMY

– The Central Bank of the Russian Federation will publish an overview of the development of the banking sector and inflation in the regions of the Russian Federation

MONEY MARKET

Tuesday, March 21

– Treasury repo auction of the Russian Federation, 100 billion rubles for 1 day

– Repo auction of the Russian Treasury for mortgage-backed bonds, 8 billion rubles for 91 days

– Deposit auction of the Treasury of the Russian Federation, 100 billion rubles for 2 days

– Deposit auction of the Treasury of the Russian Federation, 100 billion rubles for 35 days

– Bidding of CBR deposit for 1 week

– Announcement of Wednesday’s OFZ auction parameters

Wednesday, March 22

– Treasury of the Russian Federation repo auction for 1 day

– Treasury repo auction of the Russian Federation, 100 billion rubles for 35 days

– Auction(s) of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation for the placement of OFZ

FOREIGN EVENTS AND STATISTICS

Tuesday, March 21

– A day off in Japan

– 03.30 – Australia, publication of minutes from the last meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia on interest rates and monetary policy

– 10.00 – UK, public sector net debt data for February

– 13.00 – Germany, ZEW economic expectations index in March

– 13.00 – euro zone, ZEW economic expectations index in March

– 15.30 – Eurozone, speech by ECB President Christine Lagarde

– 15.30 – Canada, publication of consumer inflation indicators (CPI, Core CPI, Common CPI, Median CPI, Trimmed CPI) for February

– 17.00 – USA, February Sale of existing houses

– After 23.00 – USA publication of data on changes in oil inventories over the last week according to the American Petroleum Institute (API)

Wednesday, March 22

– 02.30 – Australia, index of MI leading indicators for February

– 10.00 – Great Britain, consumer inflation index for February, basic and general indicators

– 10.00 – UK household inflation index for February

– 10.00 – Great Britain, PPI for February

– 10.00 – UK, Producer Price Index for February

– 11.45 – Eurozone, speech by ECB President Christine Lagarde

– 12.00 – Eurozone, balance of payments for January

– 12.30 – UK house price index for February

– 14.00 – Great Britain, CBI industrial orders index for February

– 15.30 – Canada, NHPI New Home Price Index for February

– 17.30 – USA, data on changes in crude oil and petroleum products inventories last week, provided by the Energy Information Administration (EIA)

– 17.30 – Australia, index of leading indicators for January

– 19.45 – Germany, speech by the head of the Bundesbank, Joachim Nagel

– 20.30 – Canada, publication of the minutes of the last meeting of the Bank of Canada on monetary policy

– 21.00 – USA, announcement of the key interest rate by the Fed (current range – 4.50-4.75% annually), as well as publication of the accompanying communiqué and forecasts of economic growth and inflation for the next two years

– 21.30 – USA, Fed leadership press conference after the meeting (Moscow Office)