Sunday, May 18, 2008

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.

· 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.

· 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.