Earnings season begins in earnest this week, with banks, including JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, leading the way in reporting fourth-quarter and 2013 profits. Fed officials from Dallas to Philadelphia will be giving their economic outlooks for the current year.
What follows are calendar highlights. (All times are Eastern Standard Time; forecasts by analysts/economists polled by Bloomberg.)
Federal Reserve Speeches and Events
Monday, Jan. 13
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart speaks in Atlanta on the economic outlook, 12:40 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 14
Philadelphia Fed’s Charles Plosser speaks on the economic outlook in Philadelphia, 12:45 p.m.
Dallas Fed’s Richard Fisher speaks on the outlook for the U.S. and Dallas region, in Dallas, 1:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 15
Chicago Fed’s Charles Evans speaks on the economic outlook at a lunch in Coralville, Iowa, 12:50 p.m.
Atlanta Fed’s Dennis Lockhart speaks on economic and monetary policy in Atlanta, 5:20 p.m.
Atlanta Fed Business Inflation Expectations, 10 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 16
San Francisco Fed’s John Williams speaks on “lessons from the Great Recession,” in Washington, 9:15 a.m.
Philadelphia Fed Survey, 10 a.m.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will take part in a discussion on challenges facing central banks, in Washington, 11:10 a.m.
Economic Reports
Monday, Jan 13
Treasury Report, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 14
Retail Sales, 8:30 a.m.
Import and Export Prices, 8:30 a.m.
Business Inventories, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 15
Producer Price Index, 8:30 a.m.
Empire State Manufacturing Survey, 8:30 a.m.
EIA Petroleum Status Report, 10:30 a.m.
Beige Book, 2 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 16
Consumer Price Index, 8:30 a.m.
Jobless Claims, 8:30 a.m.
Housing Market Index, 10 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 17
Housing Starts, 8:30 a.m.
Industrial Production, 9:15 a.m.
Consumer Sentiment, 9:55 a.m.
Company Earnings Reports
Tuesday, Jan. 14
JPMorgan Chase (estimate consensus is $1.31 a share)
Wells Fargo (98 cents a share)
Wednesday, Jan. 15
Bank of America (27 cents a share)
CSX (42 cents a share)
Thursday, Jan. 16
American Express ($1.27 a share)
American Airlines (68 cents a share)
BB&T (73 cents a share)
BlackRock ($4.39)
Capital One ($1.51 a share)
Charles Schwab (21 cents a share)
Citigroup ($1.10 a share)
El Paso Pipeline (52 cents a share)
Goldman Sachs ($4.16 cents a share)
HB Fuller (75 cents a share)
Intel (52 cents a share)
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (74 cents a share)
PNC Financial Services ($1.65 a share)
SLM (70 cents a share)
UnitedHealth ($1.40 a share)
Wendy’s (6 cents a share)
Friday, Jan. 17
BNY Mellon (55 cents a share)
General Electric (53 cents a share)
Morgan Stanley (46 cents a share)
Schlumberger ($1.34 a share)
SunTrust (71 cents a share)
Best wishes,
The Money and Markets Team
