What's Ahead

MONDAY, March 13 * Deputy Treasury Secretary Frank Newman speaks as America's Community Bankers begins its annual government affairs conference. L'Enfant Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom. Call 202-857-3100. TUESDAY, March 14 * A joint hearing of the Senate Banking Committee's subcommittee on Department of Housing and Urban Development oversight and structure and the House Banking Committee's subcommittee on housing opportunities examines the mission and future of HUD. Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 534, at 10 a.m. Call 202-224-0894. * House Banking Committee Chairman Jim Leach and FDIC Chairman Ricki Tigert Helfer speak as America's Community Bankers concludes its annual government affairs conference. L'Enfant Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom. Call 202-857-3100. WEDNESDAY, March 15 * The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. releases data on banks and thrifts for the fourth quarter of 1994, as well as the full year. Call 202-898- 6993. * Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt Jr. testifies before the House Banking Committee on financial services industry modernization. Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2128, at 10 a.m. Call 202-225-7502. THURSDAY, March 16 * The Commerce Department releases its monthly survey of housing starts. Commerce Department headquarters, 14th & Pennsylvania, Room 5086, at 8:30 a.m. Call 202-482-4901. FRIDAY, March 17 * The FDIC holds its first public hearing in five years to gather opinions on the coming gap in deposit insurance rates that will be charged to banks and thrifts. 550 17th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. * Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin appears before the Senate Banking Committee to discuss the Mexican peso crisis. Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 534, at 10 a.m.