The week ahead in business

MONDAY:

February motor vehicle sales; construction spending; Treasury securities auction; earnings from Ferrellgas Partners, PetSmart.

TUESDAY:

ICSC-Goldman Sachs store sales index.

WEDNESDAY:

ADP employment report; Federal Reserve Beige Book survey of economy.

THURSDAY:

Chain store sales; initial jobless claims; productivity and costs; factory orders; earnings from Costco, Deutsche Telekom, H Block.

FRIDAY:

This story was originally published February 28, 2014 at 9:00 AM with the headline "The week ahead in business."