Macroeconomic outlook for next week: Fed officials come out in force to deliver speeches, CPI may support slowing down the pace of rate cuts

In the coming week, Fed officials will come out in force to give speeches. CPI may support a slower pace of interest rate cuts. Investors will focus on the minutes of the Fed meeting and the US September inflation data. The following are the key macro market points that the market will focus on in the new week:

At 1:05 a.m. on Tuesday, Kashkari, 2026 FOMC voting member and president of the Minneapolis Fed, participated in a question-and-answer session at the Bank Holding Company Association's Fall Symposium;

At 6:00 on Tuesday, 2024 FOMC voting member and Atlanta Fed President Bostic will deliver a speech;

At 6:30 on Tuesday, 2025 FOMC voting member and St. Louis Fed President Moussallem will speak on the economic outlook and monetary policy;

At 15:00 on Tuesday, Fed Governor Kugler will speak at a conference hosted by the European Central Bank;

At 0:45 on Wednesday, 2024 FOMC voting member and Atlanta Fed President Bostic will speak on the economic outlook;

At 4:00 on Wednesday, Collins, 2025 FOMC voting member and President of the Boston Fed, will speak at a community bank conference;

At 20:00 on Wednesday, 2024 FOMC voting member and Atlanta Fed President Bostic delivered a welcome speech at an event;

At 21:15 on Wednesday, Logan, 2026 FOMC voting member and president of the Dallas Fed, will give a speech on the current economic situation;

At 22:30 on Wednesday, 2025 FOMC voting member and Chicago Fed President Goolsbee delivered an opening speech at the Chicago Payments Symposium;

At 0:15 on Thursday, Barkin, 2024 FOMC voting member and Richmond Fed President, delivered a speech;

At 2:00 a.m. on Thursday, the Federal Reserve will release the minutes of its monetary policy meeting. At 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, Collins, a 2025 FOMC voting member and president of the Boston Fed, will deliver a speech.

At 6:00 on Thursday, 2024 FOMC voting member and San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly will deliver a speech;

At 20:30 on Thursday, the US September unadjusted CPI annual and monthly rates;

At 20:30 on Thursday, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending October 5;

At 22:30 on Thursday, Barkin, 2024 FOMC voting member and Richmond Fed President, will participate in a fireside chat;

At 23:00 on Thursday, FOMC permanent voting member and New York Fed President Williams will speak on the economic outlook and monetary policy and participate in the discussion;

At 20:30 on Friday, the annual and monthly PPI rates of the United States in September;

At 21:45 on Friday, 2025 FOMC voting member, Chicago Fed President Goolsbee and Fed Governor Bowman will attend the 18th Annual Community Bankers Symposium;

At 22:00 on Friday, the initial value of the US one-year inflation rate forecast for October and the initial value of the US University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index for October will be released;

At 22:45 on Friday, Logan, 2026 FOMC voting member and President of the Dallas Fed, will participate in an expert panel discussion.