MONDAY: Financial markets closed for Presidents Day; earnings from Dillard’s, RadioShack.

TUESDAY: Treasury securities auction; earnings from Barnes & Noble, Cedar Fair, Dell.

WEDNESDAY: Housing starts; producer price index; minutes from Federal Open Market Committee meeting; earnings from Garmin.

THURSDAY: Consumer price index; initial jobless claims; existing home sales; leading economic indicators; Bloomberg consumer comfort index; earnings from Hewlett-Packard, Hormel, Nordstrom, Wal-Mart.

FRIDAY: Earnings from Crown Media Holdings.