March 28, 2024

Looking Ahead: Economic Reports for the Week of Jan. 23

CORPORATE EARNINGS Companies reporting results will include Halliburton and Texas Instruments (Monday); AK Steel, DuPont, Harley-Davidson, Johnson Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, McDonald’s, Verizon Communications, Advanced Micro Devices, Apple and Yahoo (Tuesday); Abbott Laboratories, Boeing, ConocoPhillips, Corning, Delta Air Lines, General Dynamics, United Technologies, US Airways, WellPoint, Xerox and Netflix (Wednesday); 3M, ATT, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Caterpillar, Colgate-Palmolive, JetBlue Airways, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, United Continental, Amgen, Eastman Chemical and Starbucks (Thursday); and Chevron, D.R. Horton, Ford Motor, Honeywell International, Newell Rubbermaid and Procter Gamble (Friday).

IN THE UNITED STATES A House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee will conduct a hearing about how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will function under its new director, Richard Cordray, and the Federal Open Market Committee will meet for a two-day discussion about the economy and interest rates (Tuesday). A House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee will conduct a hearing about the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s investigation into the risk of fire in the battery of the Chevrolet Volt (Wednesday).

OVERSEAS European Union finance ministers will meet in Brussels (Monday). The Bank of Japan will issue a decision about interest rates, and the International Monetary Fund will release updated forecasts for the world economy and financial stability (Tuesday). The World Economic Forum will start in Davos, Switzerland (Wednesday).

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