Week Ahead: Federal Reserve policymakers meet starting Tuesday

MONDAY: Treasury securities auction; housing market index.

TUESDAY: Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee begins two-day meeting; housing starts; earnings from FedEx Corp.

WEDNESDAY: FOMC policy announcement and Fed Chair Janet Yellen press conference; earnings from Bed Bath & Beyond, General Mills.

THURSDAY: Initial jobless claims; existing home sales; Bloomberg consumer comfort index; leading economic indicators;

FRIDAY: PMI manufacturing index.