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THURSDAY, JAN 16

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew speaks on the U.S. economy, next steps for financial reform, and the Department of the Treasury's international agenda before the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington - 1330 GMT.

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks on challenges facing central banks in the wake of the Great Recession before the Brookings Institution's "Central Banking after the Great Recession: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead" event - 1610 GMT.

BERLIN - Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann speaks in Berlin about prospects for 2014 - 1000 GMT.

MADRID - Bank of Spain Governor Luis Maria Linde speaks at a conference held by Association of Spanish Executives - 1245 GMT.

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams presents paper, "Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound: Putting Theory into Practice" before a panel on "Quantitative Easing and Forward Guidance" before the Brookings Institution - 1415 GMT.

TOKYO - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks at the Bank of Japan's quarterly meeting of regional branch managers.

BRUSSELS - Luxembourg Central Bank President Gaston Reinesch makes a rare public appearance in forum discussing the role of the EU Court of Justice - 1700 GMT.

STUTTGART, Germany - Bundesbank board member Joachim Nagel speaks at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart.

ZURICH - SNB Chairman of Governing Board Thomas Jordan holds a speech on "Eine neue Rolle fur die Zentralbanken?" in Zurich.

FRIDAY, JAN 17

RICHMOND, United States - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker speaks on "Economic Outlook, January 2014" before the Risk Management Association Richmond Chapter 2014 Economic Outlook Luncheon - 1730 GMT.

MONDAY, JAN 20

BRUSSELS - Belgian Finance Minister Koen Geens speaks on the topic "Twenty years later: a new banking law for a solid banking sector". National Bank of Belgium Governor Luc Coene will also be attending - 1100 GMT.

TUESDAY, JAN 21

TOKYO - Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting (to Jan 22).

WEDNESDAY, JAN 22

FRANKFURT - ECB Governing Council meeting. No interest rate announcements scheduled.

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada key policy interest rate announcement and Monetary Policy Report.

THURSDAY, JAN 23

BEESTON, United Kingdom - Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Member Ian McCafferty speaks at the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce - 0800 GMT.

MONDAY, JAN 27

BRUSSELS - Economic and Monetary Union Governance: Impact on the European Union and Beyond Conference. Speakers:- ECB Vice-President Vitor Constancio, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sir John Cunliffe, Slovakia Finance Minister Peter Kazimir, Polish Finance Minister Mateusz Szcurek and Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg.

BRUSSELS - European People's Party (EPP) holds a conference on how to overcome the impact of the crisis. Speakers:- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, Spain Economy Minister Luis de Guindos, Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg and Finland's European Affairs Minister Alexander Stubb.

TUESDAY, JAN 28

WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) holds two-day meeting on interest rates.

BRUSSELS - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Germany Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Spain Economy Minister Luis de Guindos will attend the IMF book launch function titled "Jobs and Growth: Supporting the European Recovery" - 0700 GMT.

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