Highlights

The Federal Reserve is ending its blackout period Friday with a burst of Fed speakers on the calendar. It starts at the Central Bank of Iceland in Reykjavik where Fed's Barr, Williams and Kugler are speaking starting at 5:55 am ET. The Fed's Barkin will appear in a fireside chat before the Loudon County Chamber of Commerce at 8:30 am ET. Then it's Austan Goolsbee at a Fed Listens event at the Chicago Fed at 10 am ET, and John Williams and Christopher Waller at the Hoover Institute at 11:30 am ET. If that is not enough, there is Beth Hammack at Hoover at 7:45 pm ET.

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Market Focus details key factors in the coming day that will impact the economic outlook and the financial markets. These include central bank events, economic indicators, policymaker speeches as well as expected political and corporate developments.

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Keeping up-to-date with event schedules and the economic calendar is key to understanding the global financial system. Econoday's Market Focus allows investors and policymakers to carefully track what will be making news and moving the financial markets in the coming day.
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