Week Ahead: KC Federal Reserve hosts policy symposium in Jackson Hole

MONDAY: Treasury securities auction.

TUESDAY: New home sales; earnings from Best Buy.

WEDNESDAY: Existing home sales; mortgage applications.

THURSDAY: Kansas City Federal Reserve hosts its annual monetary policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo.; initial jobless claims; durable goods orders; Kansas City Fed’s manufacturing index; Bloomberg consumer comfort index.

FRIDAY: Fed Chair Janet Yellen is scheduled to speak; gross domestic product; international trade; consumer sentiment; corporate profits.

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This story was originally published August 19, 2016 at 3:46 PM with the headline "Week Ahead: KC Federal Reserve hosts policy symposium in Jackson Hole."