The week ahead: Housing numbers dominate economic news

The housing market index will be issued Monday, housing starts will be released Tuesday and existing home sales will be reported Wednesday. Daniel Acker Bloomberg

MONDAY: Housing market index; Treasury securities auction; earnings from IBM, J.B. Hunt Transport, Netflix, PepsiCo.

TUESDAY: Housing starts; earnings from Harley-Davidson, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Kansas City Southern, TomTom, Yahoo.

WEDNESDAY: Existing home sales; earnings from Coca-Cola, U.S. Bancorp.

THURSDAY: Initial jobless claims; leading economic indicators; Bloomberg consumer comfort index; earnings from Amazon, DST, General Motors, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, Swift Transportation, Union Pacific, Verizon.

FRIDAY: Earnings from American Airlines, Caterpillar, General Electric, Honeywell.

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This story was originally published April 15, 2016 at 2:27 PM with the headline "The week ahead: Housing numbers dominate economic news."

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