All eyes are on the Federal Open Market Committee ahead of its interest-rate decision next Wednesday
While earnings has slowed, a wave of economic data is more than making up for it, with the highly anticipated Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on deck. A few quarterly reports will still trickle in, including from Darden Restaurants (DRI), Dave & Buster's (PLAY), FedEx (FDX), General Mills (GIS), and Lennar (LEN).
Below is the schedule of key market events for the week ahead. All economic dates are tentative and subject to change.
The week begins Monday, Sept. 15, with the Empire State manufacturing survey as the only notable data release.
Tuesday, Sept. 16, will compensate for the slow start to the week, with U.S. retail sales, the import price index, industrial production, capacity utilization, business inventories information, and the home builder confidence index.
Housing starts will release on Wednesday, Sept. 17, but all eyes will be on the long-awaited FOMC interest-rate decision and subsequent speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
On Thursday, Sept. 18, attention will turn to the release of initial jobless claims, the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey, and U.S. leading economic indicators.
No notable economic data is scheduled for release on Friday, Sept. 19, though traders should prepare for a "triple-witching."