The week ahead in business

MONDAY:

Treasury securities auction.

TUESDAY:

Federal Open Market Committee meeting begins; consumer price index; housing starts; earnings from Barnes Noble.

WEDNESDAY:

FOMC meeting announcement and news conference with Fed chairman Ben Bernanke; earnings from FedEx.

THURSDAY:

Initial jobless claims; existing home sales; Bloomberg consumer comfort index; leading indicators; earnings from Kroger, Oracle.

FRIDAY:

This story was originally published June 14, 2013 at 5:02 PM with the headline "The week ahead in business."