THE WEEK AHEAD: MAY 19-23
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TUESDAY
· Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee holds hearing on financial speculation in commodity markets to assess whether institutional investors and hedge funds contribute to food and energy price inflation.
· The Federalist Society, its Financial Services and E-Commerce Practice Group, the Financial Services Roundtable, and the Consumer Bankers Association hold discussion on consumer credit protection and turmoil in the U.S. credit markets.
WEDNESDAY
· Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing to explore the skyrocketing price of oil.
· House Foreign Affairs Committee holds hearing on the rise of sovereign wealth funds and the impact on U.S. foreign policy and economic interests.
· Peterson Institute for International Economics holds discussion on the impact of global warming on trade policy.
THURSDAY
· House Financial Services Committee holds hearing on the impact of conforming-loan limit increases on home buyers and the housing market.
· House Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws Task Force holds hearing on the retail price of gas and competition in the oil industry.
· House domestic policy subcommittee holds hearing on targeting federal aid to neighborhoods distressed by the mortgage crisis.
