At 1830 US Eastern time/2230 GMT: Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams gives keynote before the New York Association for Business Economics (NYABE) Distinguished Speaker Series.recently from Williams As head of the New York Fed Williams is a permanent voter on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Trump is seeking to manipulate the FOMC and remove Fed independence:Trump asked GOP leaders if he should fire Powell.That headline saw traders slam stocks lower. Trump's FAFO effort quickly turned to yet another TACO:Trump: Fed Chair Powell is too late, but he does not planning on doing anythingAs background, even if Trump tries to remove Fed independence and turn the USD into the TRY, sacking Powell does not guarantee lower rates:If Trump fires Powell and appoints a lackey as Chair, that is only one vote out of 12It'll be interesting to hear if Williams has anything to say on events. ---Also up today are Australian job market data. The tight labour market in Australia is one of the factor slowing Reserve Bank of Australia rate cuts. A rate cut is widely expected at the next RBA meeting on August 11-12. Note that a rate cut was widely expected at its previous meeting and that was a big no. This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.The times in the left-most column are GMT.The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.