Today's Stock Market News & Events: 5/14/2021

Today's market-moving economic data and earnings schedule

May 14, 2021 at 7:21 AM

Things it'll be an absolutely packed Friday featuring retail sales, the import price index, and industrial production. Consumer sentiment, business inventories, and capacity utilization reports are also slated for release.

There are no public companies are slated to release quarterly earnings reports today, May 14.

Looking ahead to next week, it's going to be another relatively quiet week in terms of economic data. With that being said, this doesn't mean investors should expect to take a breather. Though there's not much on the docket, Thursday's initial and continuing jobs reports will be highly anticipated. Leading economic indicators are also due out, as well as the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) latest meeting minutes. Earnings season is winding down, but the slate is still packed, with Applied Materials (AMAT) Carnival (CCL) Cisco Systems (CSCO), Foot Locker (FL), Home Depot (HD), Lowe's (LOW), Target (TGT), TJMaxx (TJX), and Walmart (WMT) all set to report.

All economic dates listed here are tentative and subject to change.

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