Week Ahead: Corporate earnings season starts

MONDAY: Germany’s August industrial orders figures.

TUESDAY: August U.S. job openings, labor turnover and consumer credit data. Yum Brands reports quarterly earnings.

WEDNESDAY: Federal Reserve releases minutes from its September interest-rate meeting. Quarterly earnings from Monsanto, Alcoa.

THURSDAY: Weekly jobless claims, August wholesale trade inventories and weekly mortgage rates. Some chain retailers release September sales. Quarterly earnings from PepsiCo.

FRIDAY: Export and import prices indexes.

This story was originally published October 3, 2014 at 7:14 PM with the headline "Week Ahead: Corporate earnings season starts."