The week ahead: Major retailers report quarterly earnings

MONDAY: Treasury securities auction; housing market index; earnings from Dick’s Sporting Goods.

TUESDAY: Housing starts; earnings from Wal-Mart, Home Depot.

WEDNESDAY: Minutes from the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting; earnings from Dollar Tree, Lowe’s, Sears, Staples, Target.

THURSDAY: Initial jobless claims; leading economic indicators; existing home sales; Bloomberg consumer comfort index; earnings from Best Buy, Gap, Hewlett-Packard, Intuit.

FRIDAY: Consumer price index; earnings from Campbell Soup.

This story was originally published May 15, 2015 at 1:00 AM with the headline "The week ahead: Major retailers report quarterly earnings."