Key global macroeconomic events for the third week of March

The following are the key global macroeconomic events scheduled for the third week of March. All times are in UTC. - March 18, 12:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. February Producer Price Index (PPI) - March 18, 6:00 p.m. UTC: U.S. interest rate decision - March 18, 6:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press conference - March 19, 3:00 a.m. UTC: Bank of Japan interest rate decision - March 19, 12:00 p.m. UTC: Bank of England interest rate decision - March 19, 12:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. initial jobless claims - March 19, 1:15 p.m. UTC: European Central Bank interest rate decision - March 21, 2:30 p.m. UTC: Speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell