Money and Markets’ Economic and Company Calendar Jan. 20-24

It’s a quiet week for economic reports, but quarterly earnings will be posted by big names in a number of sectors, from airlines (Delta, Southwest and United) to consumer-goods makers (Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble) and technology companies (IBM, Microsoft).

Markets are closed today for the national Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

What follows are calendar highlights. (All times are Eastern Standard Time; forecasts by analysts/economists polled by Bloomberg.)

Economic reports

Thursday, Jan. 23

Jobless Claims, 8:30 a.m.

Existing Home Sales, 10 a.m.

EIA Petroleum Status report, 11 a.m.

Company Earnings Reports

Tuesday, Jan. 21

Baker Hughes (estimate consensus is 84 cents a share)

Delta Airlines (66 cents)

Halliburton (90 cents)

IBM ($6.03)

Johnson & Johnson ($1.20)

Texas Instruments (46 cents)

Travelers ($2.10)

Verizon Communications (65 cents)

Wednesday, Jan. 22

Abbott Labs (58 cents a share)

Adtran (14 cents)

Amphenol (98 cents)

Coach ($1.12)

EBay (71 cents)

Ethan Allen (44 cents)

General Dynamics ($1.76)

Motorola Solutions ($1.50)

Netflix (65 cents)

Southwest Airlines (25 cents)

US Bancorp (77 cents)

Thursday, Jan. 23

Alaska Air Group (93 cents a share)

Lockheed Martin ($2.14)

McDonalds ($1.39)

Microsoft (68 cents)

Starbucks (69 cents)

Union Pacific ($2.50)

United Continental Holdings (a loss of 3 cents per share)

Friday, Jan. 24

Bristol-Myers Squibb (42 cents a share)

Honeywell International ($1.22)

Kimberly-Clark ($1.40)

Procter & Gamble ($1.21)

Xerox (29 cents)

Best wishes,

The Money and Markets Team