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DIARY - Today in Washington - July 14

Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:46pm EDT
 July 14
 ALL TIMES IN EDT/GMT
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 0830/1230 - Commerce Dept. issues retail sales for June.
 0830/1230 - Labor Dept. issues producer prices for June.
 0900/1300 - Senate Banking Committee hearing on proposed
Consumer Financial Protection Agency with Michael Barr,
assistant treasury secretary for financial institutions;
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut attorney general; Edward
Yingling, president & CEO, American Bankers Association, and
Travis Plunkett, legislative director, Consumer Federation of
America.
 1000/1400 - Commerce Dept. issues business inventories for
May.
 1000/1400 - Senate Finance Committee hearing on the
Treasury nominations of William Wilkins to be chief counsel for
the Internal Revenue Service and an assistant general counsel
at Treasury; Dan Tangherlini to be assistant secretary for
financial management and CFO at Treasury, and Rosa Rios to be
treasurer of the United States.
 1000/1400 - SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro testifies at a House
Financial Services subcommittee hearing on SEC priorities,
challenges as part of financial regulation reform.
 1000/1400 - Federal Reserve announces results of its
84-day, $125 billion TAF auction.
 1300/1700 - Treasury Dept. holds weekly sale of 4-week
bills.
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