The week ahead: Federal Reserve’s economic policy meeting starts Tuesday

MONDAY: Treasury securities auction.

TUESDAY: Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee begins two-day meeting, retail sales, housing market index, producer price index, business inventories.

WEDNESDAY: Housing starts, Federal Open Market Committee’s economic policy announcement, industrial production, consumer price index.

THURSDAY: Initial jobless claims, leading economic indicators, Bloomberg consumer comfort index.

FRIDAY: Consumer sentiment, earnings from Tiffany.

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This story was originally published March 11, 2016 at 12:09 PM with the headline "The week ahead: Federal Reserve’s economic policy meeting starts Tuesday."