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Friday – March 31

All day – It is the last trading day before Tesla (TSLA) releases its Q1 deliveries report. Shares of Tesla have dropped more times than they have gained in the last three years immediately following the quarterly deliveries update.

All day – The termination date will arrive for the Rogers Communications (RCI)-Shaw Communications (SJR) merger.

8:30 a.m. The closely-watched U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditure Index will be released. Economists expect a 4.7% year-over-year rise in the core PCE number for February and a 0.4% month-over-month increase vs. +0.6% for the prior month.

8:30 a.m. Watch for news about the upcoming OPEC+ meeting. The current expectation is that OPEC will stick to its deal on output cuts of 2M barrels per day.

3:00 p.m. Federal Reserve Bank New York President John Williams will speak at Housatonic Community College.

5:45 p.m. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will give a speech titled “The U.S. Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy.”