The Week Ahead

A weekly briefing on the economic calendar

Event of the week

Release Wednesday of the Consumer Price Index for December. November figures were up 0.2 percent, and Briefing.com estimates it to rise 0.1 percent in December.

Tuesday

Earnings reports: 3M, Abbott Laboratories, Ameritrade, Bank of America, Citigroup, Fifth Third, State Street, US Bancorp, Wells Fargo, Advanced Micro Devices, IBM, Motorola, Yahoo

Wednesday

Consumer Price Index for December; housing starts and building permits for December, Fed's beige book Earnings reports: CIT Group, General Motors, JPMorgan Chase, Legg Mason, Lucent, Mellon Financial, Merrill Lynch, Northern Trust, Northwest Airlines, Southwest Arlines, Wachovia, AMR Corp., Capital One, eBay, Qualcomm, Washington Mutual

Thursday

Leading economic indicators for December Earnings reports: AT&T, Charles Schwab, Comerica, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Ford Motor, Harley-Davidson, Pfizer, SunTrust Banks, UnitedHealth Group, MBNA Corp. Progressive Corp.

Friday

Preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment report for January Earnings reports: Alltel, America West, Fortune Brands, General Electric, PNC Financial