a few data points in the week ahead and one of the most interesting items will be retail sales for October, released on Friday. On Tuesday, the NFIB's small business survey is released. On Thursday, weekly jobless claims are released, as is international trade data. On Friday, import prices for October, business inventories for September and consumer sentiment are also released.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to speak Friday at the Fifth European Central Bank Banking Conference on policy coordination among central banks. That meeting is in Frankfurt, Germany. European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet is scheduled to speak at the same event.
On Wednesday, Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn speaks on productivity and innovation in financial services in Luxembourg. Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern speaks that day at the Minnesota Women's Economic Roundtable in Minneapolis.
Philly Fed President Charles Plosser discussed the economic outlook and regulatory issues raised at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh at noon, and Stern speaks with local business leaders in Winona, Minnesota.
Earnings Central
Retailers reporting in the week ahead include TJX , Tuesday; Macy's on Wednesday, and Wal-Mart , Kohl's and Nordstrom Thursday. Abercrombie and Fitch and J.C. Penney report Friday.
Other companies reporting in the week ahead include Nortel , Allianz , Tyson Foods early Monday, and AIG and Starbucks after the bell that day. On Tuesday, Brazil's Petrobras reports. Wednesday's earnings reports include Thomson Reuters , Applied Materials , and Computer Sciences .
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