The week ahead: Fed will consider interest rate hike

MONDAY: Treasury securities auction.

TUESDAY: Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee begins two-day meeting, retail sales, business inventories, import and export prices.

WEDNESDAY: Fed policymakers conclude meeting with announcement and news conference with Fed chair Janet Yellen, producer price index, industrial production.

THURSDAY: Consumer price index, initial jobless claims, housing market index, Bloomberg consumer comfort index, earnings from Kroger.

FRIDAY: Housing starts.

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This story was originally published June 10, 2016 at 11:43 AM with the headline "The week ahead: Fed will consider interest rate hike."