Key Events This Week: ECB, Earnings, PMIs And Fed Blackout Key Events This Week: ECB, Earnings, PMIs And Fed Blackout In his weekly preview, DB''s Jim Reid writes that this isnt likely to be a blockbuster week in terms of major events "but there will be enough going on to pique our interest levels ahead of the holiday season." Starting with the Fed, itll be deadly quiet on that front as it is now in a blackout period ahead of next week''s FOMC. Elsewhere the ECB (Thursday) have their first meeting post the new policy framework announcement alongside three other G20 central bank policy meetings. The main data highlights are the global flash PMIs (Friday) and German PPI tomorrow. We also have lots of data on the US housing market (NAHB today, housing starts|permits tomorrow and existing home sales on Thursday) which will be closely watched for signs of thawing of the high demand as prices soar and also for any clues to what the Fed will think ahead of any MBS taper discussion. In politics Wednesday could bring a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill but weve learnt not to hold our breath on this one.