Along with a slew of company earnings reports — including tech giants Apple, Facebook, Google and Yahoo — investors also will get the advance reading on U.S. GDP figure for the fourth quarter and the results of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting.
What follows are calendar highlights. (All times are Eastern Standard Time; forecasts by analysts/economists polled by Bloomberg.)
Federal Reserve Events
Tuesday, Jan. 28
Federal Open Market Committee meeting begins.
Wednesday, Jan. 29
FOMC announcement at 2 p.m.
Economic Reports
Monday, Jan. 27
New Home Sales, 10 a.m.
Dallas Federal Manufacturing Survey, 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 28
Durable Goods Orders, 8:30 a.m.
S&P Case-Shiller HPI, 9 a.m.
Consumer Confidence, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 29
EIA Petroleum Status Report, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 30
GDP, 8:30 a.m.
Jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.
Pending Home Sales, 10 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 31
Personal Income and Outlays, 8:30 a.m.
Employment Cost Index, 8:30 a.m.
Chicago PMI, 9:45 a.m.
Consumer Sentiment, 9:55 a.m.
Company Earnings Reports
Monday, Jan. 27
Apple (estimate consensus: $14.02 a share)
Caterpillar ($1.29)
Graco (75 cents)
Regis (1 cent)
US Steel ( a loss of 24 cents a share)
Tuesday, Jan. 28
American Airlines (68 cents)
AT&T (50 cents)
Comcast (68 cents for each A share)
Corning (27 cents)
DR Horton (30 cents)
DuPont (54 cents)
Ford (29 cents)
OshKosh (32 cents)
Pfizer (52 cents)
T. Rowe Price Group
Yahoo
Wednesday, Jan. 29
Boeing ($1.55)
Chrysler
Dow Chemical (43 cents)
Facebook (20 cents per A share)
Hanes Brands (90 cents)
JetBlue (11 cents)
Tupperware ($1.84)
Thursday, Jan. 30
3M ($1.61)
Amazon.com (71 cents)
Chipotle ($2.51)
Colgate-Palmolive (74 cents)
Eli Lilly (72 cents)
Exxon Mobil ($1.95)
Google ($10.32)
Harley-Davidson (32 cents)
Hershey (86 cents)
Hillshire Brands (50 cents)
Northrop Grumman ($1.92)
Pitney Bowes (44 cents)
Raytheon ($1.34)
Sherwin-Williams ($1.27)
Time Warner Cable ($1.74)
Viacom ($1.15 per B share)
Visa ($2.16 per A share)
Friday, Jan. 31
Booz Allen Hamilton (35 cents)
Chevron ($2.90)
Tyson Foods (65 cents per A share)
Wendy’s (6 cents)
Best wishes,
The Money and Markets Team