Hard choices before the quarter ends | Federal Reserve in focus again | Cramer's playbook

The Federal Reserve is front and center again for markets in the week ahead, with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell testifying before Congress and other Fed officials speaking throughout the week. Powell is testifying alongside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen before House and Senate panels Tuesday and Wednesday on pandemic relief and the economy.

VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE SAT, MAR 20, 2021 WEEKEND BRIEF EDITOR'S NOTE The Federal Reserve is front and center again for markets in the week ahead, with Chairman Jerome Powell testifying before Congress and other central bank officials speaking throughout the week. Powell is testifying alongside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen before House and Senate panels Tuesday and Wednesday on pandemic relief and the economy.   The Fed's commitment to let inflation run hot to give the labor market time to heal spooked the bond market in the past week. The benchmark 10-year yield, which influences mortgages and other loans, rose sharply to a 14-month high of 1.75%. Yields move opposite price, and the sell-off in bonds kept a lid on stock market gains in the past week.   The inflation debate is likely to continue. The Fed's preferred inflation measure will be released Friday morning. "For the bond market, and the Fed, there is a communications problem and there's a consensus problem. There can't not be tension," said one economist. Patti Domm | CNBC Markets Editor @pattidomm THE WEEK AHEAD The Fed could be a source of market volatility as Powell and others speak in the week ahead   MICHAEL SANTOLI'S MARKET COLUMN Investors face some hard choices into the end of the first quarter YOUR WEEKEND BRIEFING  The Fed can fight inflation, but it may come at the cost of future growth International spectators to be barred from entering Japan for Olympics These stocks are taking market share and not looking back, analysts say Cramer's week ahead: The bond market is dictating stock trading Musk says Tesla would be shut down if its cars spied in China, elsewhere Charts show that Europe's third coronavirus wave has begun     Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service Join the CNBC Panel Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy   © 2021 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS