The week ahead: Federal Reserve policymakers gather Tuesday

MONDAY: Treasury securities auction; earnings from AMC Entertainment, Apple, Compass Minerals, Jack Henry & Associates, Swift Transportation.

TUESDAY: Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee begins two-day meeting; consumer confidence; S&P-Case/Shiller home price index; earnings from Aetna, Epiq Systems, EPR Properties, Ford, Highwoods Properties, UMB Financial, Waddell & Reed.

WEDNESDAY: FOMC meeting announcement; pending home sales index; gross domestic product; earnings from Cedar Fair, Euronet Worldwide, Fiat Chrysler, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Humana, QC Holdings, T-Mobile US.

THURSDAY: Initial jobless claims; personal income and outlays; Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City manufacturing index; earnings from Avon Products, Exxon Mobil, Leggett & Platt, LinkedIn, Seaboard, Time Warner Cable, YRC Worldwide.

FRIDAY: April motor vehicle sales; construction spending; consumer sentiment; earnings from Crown Media Holdings.

This story was originally published April 24, 2015 at 2:00 AM with the headline "The week ahead: Federal Reserve policymakers gather Tuesday."