After inflation in the eurozone hit the official target of 2 percent in February, economists in Germany said it was time to begin dialing back purchases of government bonds<br />and other measures aimed at lowering market interest rates.<br />Global energy executives — and the consultants, academics<br />and news media who follow them — will gather in Houston this week for the annual CERAWeek energy conference, sponsored by the consulting firm IHS Markit.<br />But at a news conference after the meeting, Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank<br />president, will face pressure to justify the central bank’s loose money policies.<br />The unemployment figures — particularly those that come out right before the Fed’s policy-making committee<br />meets — can have a big impact on the central bank’s decision to shift its benchmark interest rate.<br />A version of this article appears in print on March 6, 2017, on Page B2 of the New<br />York edition with the headline: Energy Giants Will Meet; February Jobs Report Due.<br />Houston Will Host Energy Conference, and February Jobs Figures Are Due -<br />By THE NEW YORK TIMESMARCH 5, 2017<br />Here’s a look at what’s coming up this week.
