Plenty of US Federal Reserve speakers coming up this week.

If you like listening to speakers from the US Federal Reserve, I've got some good news for you!

I've got 9 speeches from various top officials at the Fed this week. (Plaudits for these people doing a very difficult job welcome in the comments!)

On the other hand, if you don't like listening to speakers from the US Federal Reserve, I've got some bad news for you!

I've got 9 speeches from various top officials at the Fed this week. (Hate for these people perpetuating the plot to take over the world welcome in the comments! :-D)

OK, here goes:

1. Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester speaks in Paris at 0840GMT on Monday, 23 March 2015

2. San Francisco President John Williams speaks in Sydney (via videoconferencing) at 1400GMT on Monday 23 March 2015

(Oh, and as a ps. ECB boss Draghi is speaking at the same time to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs at the European Parliament)

3. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer is scheduled to speak at 1545GMT in New York on "Monetary-policy lessons and the way ahead"

4. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard speaks at 0900GMT on Tuesday (24 March 2015)

5. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans speakes in London on Wednesday (25 March 2015) at 1030GMT

6. Bullard is at it again, speaking in Frankfurt at 0730GMT on Thursday (26 March)

7. Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart speaks in Detroit at 1400GMT, also on Thursday (26 March)

8. Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer speaks in Frankfurt at 1030GMT on Friday (27March)

9. Also on Friday, the big gun gets wheeled out .... Chairwoman Janetat the San Francisco Fed to speak on monetary policy issues. At 1945GMT