The week ahead in business

MONDAY:

Industrial production; Treasury securities auction.

TUESDAY:

Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee begins two-day meeting; consumer price index; housing starts; earnings from Oracle.

WEDNESDAY:

FOMC meeting announcement and news conference; earnings from FedEx.

THURSDAY:

Initial jobless claims; existing home sales; leading economic indicators; Bloomberg consumer comfort index; earnings from ConAgra Foods, Nike.

FRIDAY:

This story was originally published March 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM with the headline "The week ahead in business."